NEGAUNEE — Hockey enthusiasts and sandwich aficionados alike should be excited to learn that a new restaurant has opened on Iron Street, in Downtown Negaunee. In fact, you could say the city scored a hat trick. This new sandwich shop features a vintage hockey theme based on Paul Newman’s ...

ISHPEMING — When the iron mines in the Eastern part of the U.S. were stripped of their high-yield ores, Thomas Edison began to tinker with ways to improve the iron content of low-grade ores. He invented a magnetic ore separator using electromagnetics. Iron ore prices were high during the ...

NEGAUNEE — Downtown Negaunee just got a little bit sweeter with a special treat. Should you find yourself on the west side of downtown, stop in and grab your favorite flavor of ice cream. Located at 442 Iron St., The Cone is taking over the space formerly known as Busters, which also served ...

NEGAUNEE — This week’s article focuses on the Republic Historical Society’s major initiative and has been provided by Nancy Forsberg,Jim Kippola and Olga Williams. The Society has operated the Pascoe Museum in South Republic since 2003. In 2014 the historic Beulah Pascoe house located ...

ISHPEMING — A well-known and influential Ishpeming native in his day, John W. Jochim is virtually unknown today. Jochim was born in Sweden on October 12, 1845. He emigrated to the United States in 1869, coming straight to Marquette County. He worked for a time at the Washington Mine in ...

NEGAUNEE — Although tennis was a popular activity in Negaunee as early as the late 1920s and early 1930s, there was no interest in the game as a high school sport. One of the main reasons was probably because there was a lack of competition at the high school level. There were very few ...