MARQUETTE — The American Legion post, located at 700 W. Bluff St., Marquette, will hold a fish fry from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13. The menu will feature white fish, cod, shrimp and chicken strips with a choice of baked potato or french fries. All meals include cole slaw. Call for take ...

ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club will be meeting at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Cliff Shaft Mine Museum, located at 501 W. Euclid St., in Ishpeming. Fred Stonehouse, local author and historian will present: Forgotten Heroes, The U.S. Life-Saving Service on the Great ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – The Upper Peninsula’s unemployment rate edged upward to 8 percent in December, .4 percent above the November rate of 7.6 percent. The December 1994 rate was 6.8 percent. However, the monthly declines were offset by job gains in general merchandise stores and ...

IRONWOOD — Copper Peak, the world’s largest artificial ski jumping hill, has launched a new fundraising campaign aimed at renovating the historic structure to expand its role as a year-round destination for the western Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin. The campaign invites ...