MARQUETTE – A new book, “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy” (Michigan State University Press, $29.95), uncovers more of the political and legal aspects of the legendary Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck. Thomas Nelson, a Wisconsin public administrator and ...
MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance has been awarded two competitive grants from the National Endowment for the Arts totaling $50,000, reinforcing the growing role of arts and culture as a driver of economic prosperity across the U.P. The first award, $30,000 in Grants ...
MARQUETTE— In response to skyrocketing gas prices driven by tariffs and the Iran war, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has issued Executive Order 2026-4, declaring an energy emergency. The order will save Michigan drivers money at the gas pump by easing the requirements on fuel blends, allowing for the ...
MARINETTE, Wisc. — A 2021 overdose death in Niagara, Wis., has resulted in an 18-year prison sentence for one of five codefendants in the case, according to Marinette County District Attorney DeShea D. Morrow. The other four codefendants in the case were previously sentenced for their ...
WATERSMEET — On Oct. 24, at exactly 7 p.m., escape artist Aron Houdini, a distant nephew of Harry Houdini, will perform at Northern Waters Casino Resort in Watersmeet, just north of Eagle River, Wisconsin. This performance will take place exactly 100 years to the minute after Harry ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made new, expletive-laden threats to escalate strikes on Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline, after American forces rescued an aviator whose Iran-downed plane fell behind enemy lines. A ...