Breaking News

Local

Roadwork planned in downtown Marquette

MARQUETTE — On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday July 27, 28 and 30, the 200 block of West Washington Street will be closed intermittently from Third Steet to Fourth Street, including the intersections, for milling and repaving activities. Traffic will be detoured north to Bluff Street on Front Street and Fifth Street. Motorists are urged to use caution, seek alternate routes, and be aware of all flagging and traffic control devices and to use caution while traveling near and through any construction zones.

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s summer enrollment of nearly 1,900 students includes 373 students who are commuting from outside Marquette, Louis Myefski, NMU housing director reports. The total number of students living off campus, in housing other than university residence hall or apartments is 1,174. Off-campus students include 524 graduates and 650 undergraduates. 90 years ago MARQUETTE – Announcement of the sale of the Knights of Pythian Hall, on Third Street, to A.C. McKinnon, proprietor of the Northland Beauty Supply Company was made yesterday by ...

Health, hope, healing for the U.P.

MARQUETTE — From 1-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at Mattson Lower Harbor Park, there will be the annual UP CityServe event. This year we have a medical focus particularly addressing the health needs of Upper Peninsula communities. This year, UP CityFest is initiating a healthcare event ...

All-female veteran healthcare enrollment events coming to I.M., Escanaba

IRON MOUNTAIN – For the first time, the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain is rolling out an enrollment event just for women who served. Led entirely by the VA’s all-female outreach and enrollment team, this is a unique opportunity for women veterans in the Iron Mountain and Escanaba areas to get the care and benefits they deserve, often for the very first time. If you’re a woman who served in the military, this event is for you. Thanks to the PACT Act, signed into law in 2022, there are major changes to who can qualify for VA health care. Many women who were ...

Delta County board OKs moratorium on data centers

ESCANABA — The Delta County Board of Commissioners has approved a 12-month moratorium on data centers and cryptocurrency mining construction, adopting a recommendation from the Delta County Planning Commission. The planning commission approved the resolution July 6, stating their recommendation of the resolution was made "in the interest of ensuring orderly development, protecting Delta County's natural resources and rural character and establishing clear and enforceable standards for emerging high-intensity technological land uses," according to the resolution. Commissioners ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette County’s crowded job market has not been able to absorb all of the former civilian workers from Sawyer Air Force Base, forcing many to change careers, seek retraining or move from the area, a Mining Journal study found. Only 28% (62) of the 223 civilian workers who sought state job retraining and referrals have found work locally, said Gwen Wood, chief of operations of the Michigan Works. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – Northern Michigan University will purchase the Birdseye Veneer CO. property and building west of Marquette County Road 550 and ...