A Tuesday press release by Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy announced that SEMCO Energy and UPPCO would be purchasing Xcel’s natural gas and electric operations in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. If approved by regulators, Xcel Energy’s 6,000 natural gas customers will be served by SEMCO, ...
Today is Friday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2026. There are 83 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 9, 2009, President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and ...
ISHPEMING — A pair of projects is expected to impact traffic flow in their respective locations in the coming days. In Marquette County, the Mineral Range Railroad will be closing Marquette County Road PE (the entrance to the Tilden Mine) at its intersection with Marquette County Road 476, as well as Marquette County Road PAN at its intersection with Marquette County Road PE, beginning at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12. The Mineral Range Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in the Upper Peninsula. Headquartered in Ishpeming, it operates about 17 miles of track in Marquette County, ...
MARQUETTE — Guindon Moving & Storage, an interstate agent for national van line Wheaton World Wide Moving as well as partner with Bekins Van Line, has earned another national honor, being named Wheaton World Wide Moving’s Agent of the Month for September. The recognition marks the ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The information for this regional business review was prepared by InvestUP, a private sector-led, non-profit economic development organization based in Marquette. MARQUETTE — Trans Superior Resources, a Michigan-based subsidiary for Bitterroot Resources Ltd., has received ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Information for this Upper Peninsula business review was produced by InvestUP, a private-sector-led regional economic development organization. MARQUETTE — Trans Superior Resources, a Michigan-based subsidiary for Bitterroot Resources Ltd, has received $5.2 million in U.S. Department of War funding, available through the Defense Production Act Title II program, to advance high-grade nickel and copper exploration at the LM Property in the Baraga Basin. The funding will help Trans Superior Resources with exploratory drilling, geophysical and geochemical surveys, ...
