MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association has announced that the Young Writers Storytelling Workshop will be back for a third year and has grown in scope and mission since its debut in 2024. This year, the workshop will have additional breakout sessions for the ...

MARQUETTE – Nearly a third of Michigan expectant mothers do not receive sufficient access to prenatal care, according to the latest report by the Kids Count Data Center.  The report cites the problems of pregnant women struggling with systemic barriers like lack of transportation, ...

30 years ago NEGAUNEE – The 32nd Annual Negaunee Invitational Basketball Tournament got underway Friday night at Negaunee’s Memorial Gymnasium. North Country Engineering of Negaunee must have drawn a good game plan as it defeated the Westwood Rejects of Ishpeming, 71-60, in Class EE. ...

Ironwood – The Aspen Institute recently named Gogebic Community College as one of the 200 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s premier recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges. The 200 ...

MARINETTE, Wisc. — At approximately 6:08 a.m. Tuesday, Marinette County Dispatch was notified of a residential structure fire at W9039 Holmes Junction Road in the town of Pembine. The Beecher Dunbar Pembine Fire Department and Amberg Fire Department responded to the scene along with deputies ...

BARAGA — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced appointments to the state boards and commissions including the Michigan Veterans’ Trust Fund Board of Trustees. Named to that panel was Rodney Loonsfoot, of Baraga, who serves as a Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Council member. He is ...