MARQUETTE — In honor of Veterans’ Day on Tuesday, we’re looking back at Northern Michigan University’s GIville and Vetville. On June 22, 1944, shortly after the D-Day invasion, the G.I. Bill was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Officially known as the Servicemen’s ...

QUESTION: Seventy-seven Upper Peninsula men enlisted in Michigan’s 34th Regiment, Company L to serve in which war? a. Civil War b. Spanish American War c. World War 1 d. World War 2 ANSWER: B, Spanish American War

Today marks the 120th Anniversary of a deadly explosion at Miner’s National Bank in Ishpeming. It was a little past 9 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, 1905. Mass had just been let out at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, a block south of the bank in downtown Ishpeming. Parishioners were standing in ...

The first known use of a telephone in Marquette County was used primarily for communication between The Mining Journal in Marquette and the Excelsior Mine office in Ishpeming. What year did this occur? A. 1875
 B. 1881 C. 1889 D. 1892 Answer: B, 1881

MARQUETTE — In contrast to today’s highly regulated healthcare industry, 19th century Michigan had few regulations regarding medical care. Any person, however uneducated, could set themselves up as a doctor, treat patients, sign death certificates, testify as an expert witness in murder ...