NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee Elks Lodge #1116 held an awards dinner Saturday. Honored were Jeremy Steele, Citizen of the Year; Al Whitford, Officer of the Year; Kevin Downey, Past Exalted Ruler; Janet LaJoie, Lady Elks of the Year; and Jaime Crabb, Elk of the Year. The Negaunee Elks honor these ...
HERMANSVILLE — The IXL Historical Museum in Hermansville is moving ahead with restoration work on its 19th-century main office building with support from a $50,000 America 250 MI grant. Repairs to damaged wood are underway, most of the old paint has been removed and exterior painting is ...
HOUGHTON — The restoration of Michigan Technological University’s historic Lambda Chi Alpha house has earned a 2026 Build Michigan Award, with Iron Mountain-based Gundlach Champion recognized for one of the state’s top construction projects. After a 2022 fire destroyed the roof and left ...
ESCANABA — Billerud has completed its 18-month, $50 million “Project Wolverine” investment at its Escanaba facility, centered on rebuilding the mill’s wood yard with safer, more efficient and more sustainable systems. The work replaced aging equipment with new unloading docks and two ...
MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the Healthy Kids Dental contract to Delta Dental of Michigan. The program serves approximately 955,000 children under age 21 in Michigan. Healthy Kids Dental is a dental benefit program for ...
WAKEFIELD — Highland Copper’s Copperwood Project near Wakefield was referenced in a recent White House proclamation tied to strengthening tariffs on imported steel, aluminum and copper and expanding domestic supply chains. The administration framed the move around national security, ...