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West End

West End Update – City of Negaunee

NEGAUNEE — The decorations are out and the preparations have been made - that’s right, Tinseltown is today! The city is excited to welcome this annual event that will start out the holidays with fun-filled festivities for the whole family in the heart of downtown Negaunee from 4 to 8 ...

Historically speaking

NEGAUNEE — Do you believe in Santa Claus? I’m really sure you do, if you would only stop to think just what he means to you. He’s more than a name. have to admit it, I like Santa Claus. I love the magic of Santa. When my children were at that age of not believing, I just told them it ...

Historically speaking

ISHPEMING — The first section of the 1889 special edition was 8 pages long and covered the history of the town, plus a rundown on some of the mines in the area. The second section was also 8 pages long and entitled “Our Town.” Ishpeming as a city was only 16 years old and still ...

West End Update – City of Negaunee

By NATE HEFFRON City manager City of Negaunee Special to the Journal NEGAUNEE — Building a strong foundation and having an agreed-upon direction that your community agrees to are critical when trying to jumpstart your local economy. Our first-ever economic blueprint introduced in ...

Historically speaking

NEGAUNEE — Today the west end of Negaunee is commonly called Old Town and rightfully so. It is where everything started. The west end is where the businesses began. A fire on the west end of Iron Street in February of 1916 destroyed buildings that were constructed in between 1870, and ...

Historically speaking

ISHPEMING — The next part of the special edition was that of new residences. This was a particular point of pride for the town, that the town was growing in population. “During the past few years Ishpeming has made rapid strides in the way of adding new dwellings. For some years there ...