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Five medical students awarded Mazzuchi Scholarship

Marquette — The Mazzuchi Scholarship has been awarded to five medical students from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Upper Peninsula Region: Ava Adler, Sophia Aque, Jenny Haely, Ted Hoenke and Laura Lyons. Recipients are chosen based on their intention to practice in ...

Sandin to retire Dec. 3 after nearly 40 years

MARQUETTE — After nearly 40 years in health care, including 30 years in dermatology, Tom Sandin will retire on Dec. 3, marking the beginning of a new chapter. His journey has taken him from his birthplace in Muskegon, Michigan, to Indiana, Arizona, and Arkansas, through service in the U.S. ...

UP’s jobless rate dips to 4.3%

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula's not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in September as data from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed 1,000 fewer workers unemployed than in August. "Michigan labor markets showed expected unemployment rate ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

60 years ago ESCANABA — Caravans of cars from all 22 counties of the 11th Congressional District are expected to converge here Saturday for a Democratic rally headed by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The rally is expected to attract more than 4,000 persons. Large crowds are expected both at the airport, where Kennedy will land at 4 p.m., and at Escanaba Area High School, where the rally will be held. Kennedy and his party of Democratic candidates will form a motorcade and go directly to the gymnasium of the high school, a distance of about one mile. Also on hand will be Democratic state ...

Rural townships squeezed on all sides in Michigan, as money woes mount

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. WATERSMEET — It’s not the frigid winters of the western Upper Peninsula that scares New Jersey native Yvonne Clark. It’s not ...