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 ...

LAPEER – The Michigan Outdoor Writers Associations, in partnership with Enbridge, is accepting nominations for the 2026 MOWA Clean Waterways Award, which recognizes and rewards organizations that demonstrate continuous voluntary efforts to protect, preserve and enhance the lakes, rivers and ...

MARQUETTE — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills that will cut red tape and reduce the burden on physicians, funeral directors and grieving families following the death of a loved one. These bipartisan bills expedite the process for certification and require a death certificate ...