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NEGAUNEE — Legendary Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi once noted that the price of success is “hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” Thanks to the Michigan Municipal ...

Haunted – ghosts of patients past

NEGAUNEE — It's that time for ghosts and goblins. And I found this story at the museum and thought this is the season to bring it out. It was written back in 2008 by Mining Journal reporter Miriam Moeller. A fall sun peeks through gray clouds that hover over a lonely field. There are two ...

Fear, vigilance rise as attacks on worshippers intensify

Every week hundreds of millions of people around the world gather to worship in peace. But for some, there comes a day when deadly violence invades their sacred spaces and shatters that sense of sanctuary and safety. It happened recently at a synagogue in England and two churches in the U.S. ...

Prince Harry, Meghan push against social media predators

NEW YORK — Prince Harry and Meghan urged parents to stand against social media companies that they said lure children with predatory algorithms designed to exploit their data amid the "explosion of unregulated artificial intelligence." "Like so many parents, we think constantly about how to ...

China restricting exports of rare earth, related tech

HONG KONG — China outlined new curbs on exports of rare earths and related technologies on Thursday, extending controls over use of the elements critical for many high-tech and military products ahead of a meeting in about three weeks between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi ...

Letters sent home illustrate lives of WWI soldiers

During World War I, both the Iron Ore and The Mining Journal would publish letters written by those serving in the war. Many of those letters were written to parents or friends and then shared with the public. The letters had to pass through censors, so exact locations of soldiers often ...