IRONWOOD — The Ottawa National Forest Resource Advisory Committee is welcoming proposals for projects that benefit national forest land. The Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025, signed in December, provides $121,000 in Title II funding for eligible projects on the Ottawa ...
30 years ago SAWYER AIR FORCE BASE — It’s likely to cost nearly $2 million to convince American Eagle Corp. to move its aircraft maintenance facility to the former Sawyer Air Force Base, a state official said. But the local negotiators bargaining with the Texas-based airline have little choice if they hope to save several hundred maintenance jobs, said James Storey, vice president of the Michigan Jobs Commission. The commission controls daily operations at Sawyer. American Eagle announced in May that it would discontinue flight operations at Marquette County Airport in Negaunee ...
MARQUETTE — A local start-up organization is celebrating its one-year anniversary by throwing a party. And the public is invited. The Marquette Arts & Music Wellness Lions Club will hold its celebration from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, at Blackrocks Brewery on North Third Street in Marquette. MAMWLC is an official Lions Club under Lions Club International and a sister club to the Marquette Lions Club. The club is a Lions Specialty Club dedicated to bringing wellness to the community through the arts. “Our mission began with a simple question,” said Doug Davis, president of the ...
L'ANSE — Baraga County Memorial Hospital has added Dr. Leah Abbott to its medical staff. Dr. Abbott brings extensive experience in family medicine, hospice and palliative care, geriatrics and long-term care medicine. Board-certified in both Family Medicine and Hospice and Palliative ...
MARQUETTE — The Chipp, a new 14-unit workforce housing development at Chippewa Square in south Marquette, is now leasing. The project is the first housing development in the city to use Marquette’s brownfield and tax increment financing plans, helping make the project more financially feasible while keeping a focus on attainable housing. Co-owners Aaron Leppanen and George Stein worked with the Marquette County Land Bank Authority, with assistance from InvestUP's Build U.P., to help make the project happen. One-bedroom units filled quickly and two-bedroom units remain available, ...
