ISHPEMING — The Feeding America Food Truck will be in Ishpeming from 8:30-10 a.m. Aug. 6, at the North Iron Church. This is a drive through. If you are walking, you can get food at the VFW parking lot from 9-10 a.m. We hope you can bring a container, otherwise we can provide one.
NEWBERRY — The Association of Consulting Foresters of America, Inc. has announced that Gerald H. “Jerry” Grossman, ACF, of Newberry, began his two-year term as president on July 1. He will subsequently serve as past president in accordance with ACF’s leadership succession process. As president, Grossman serves as the chief elected officer of the Association and is responsible for providing leadership to the organization, guiding strategic priorities, representing ACF within the forestry community, and working closely with the Executive Committee and National Office staff to ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — The Upper Peninsula Notable Book Club: The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. The 61st event via Zoom is with Mikel B. Classen, "The Yooper History Hunter," "Piracy on the Great Lakes: True Tales of Freshwater Pirates" contains dozens of stories of robbery, kidnapping, and mayhem. Each story is well documented by newspaper accounts, meticulously restored photos and lithographs, and gripping first-person diaries recorded a hundred ...
30 years ago MARQUETTE — City employees and labor sympathizers marched around city hall Monday, protesting an apparently bitter contract dispute between city management and three employee bargaining units. Between 300 and 400 picketers ringed the block around city hall and the police station. Labor and management are far apart on several issues, including the size of wage increase, the benefits package and contract language, said Larry Linna, an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees spokesman. 60 years ago MARQUETTE — Students attending the 1967 summer ...
MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Transportation announced on Thursday that the city of Marquette would be receiving $482,864 in federal funds in the form of a Transportation Alternative Program grant for the extension of the Wilson Street multi-use path. “The Wilson Street multi-use ...
