NEGAUNEE — We are on the heels of another amazing weekend in Negaunee with the Heikki Lunta Winter Festival 2024. Heikki Lunta officially kicked off with the lighting of the traditional bonfire and was followed up with the Irontown Rail Jam. The jam offered an enhanced course when ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final part of a two-part series on this topic. NEGAUNEE — “There is no longer a doubt in the minds of at least a majority of the coroner’s jury, as well among our people generally, that little Eva Lafreniere, whose body was found in the garret of Mrs. Wendel’s residence last Tuesday was foully dealt with. The theory of foul play is not advanced because of any evidence yet produced tending to connect anyone with the crime, or to even case a suspicion on anyone in particular, but because of the condition the body was in when found. From the fact that ...
NEGAUNEE — James Lehtonen, was born to Leonard and Senia (Wigg) Lehtonen on Sept. 20, 1933. The family lived at 309 Tobin St., in Negaunee. Jim’s mother died when he was three years old his father married Elsie Mattson. He had one sister Barbara, who was a teacher in Clinton Township in ...
NEGAUNEE — A new program will soon be in effect in Downtown Negaunee. Our new permitted parking program will help with city’s housing shortage, as well as aid in downtown development. Permitted parking program? Like they have in Marquette, you might say. Like metered parking? No, not at all! A metering program in Negaunee is not needed, nor would it be tolerated. The permitted parking program I’m talking about has just been created through the newly adopted Traffic Code. Pursuant to Chapter 70 of the Code, the city manager was tasked with creating permitted parking, as ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on this topic. The final part will appear imn The Mining Journal in two weeks. NEGAUNEE — “Last evening about half-past five o’clock, Edith, the little five-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Lafonier, who lives upstairs over Prolulx’s grocery store, was found to be missing from her home. A search was at once instituted for her by the family and neighbors, but she could not be found. The fire bell was then rung to summon the people generally and when a crowd had been got together a large searching party was ...
NEGAUNEE — The Downtown Enhancement Project is more than a facelift, it is instrumental in reshaping Negaunee’s long term economic future. Funded in part by USDA Rural Development Funding, MDOT Small Urban Development Funds, and a Michigan Economic Development Corporation Revitalization ...
