NEGAUNEE — Affordable housing, attainable housing, just housing, is an issue on the minds of many here in Marquette County, our state, and the nation. What can we as a local government do to help fix the problem besides acknowledging that the lack of housing in our area does need to be ...
NEGAUNEE — Wondering what to buy someone for Christmas? In 1944, Frank Matthews received the card shown here from his son Frank Matthews Jr. when he was stationed at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Ottumwa, Iowa. It was a primary flight training base in Iowa’s heartland. The verse ...
ISHPEMING — “Must be that the coaches believe the weather experienced of late is good for conditioning candidates for the Ishpeming independent football team, for they have been holding regular practices every evening at the playgrounds, and many a pound of surplus fat has been shed. There are in all about 40 candidates trying out, with more due to report shortly. That the fans are interested in the crew is evidenced by the fact that the sidelines are well filled each day. At the next meeting of the officers, a name will be selected for the organization, which is expected to go ...
NEGAUNEE — Tinseltown is today! The city is excited to welcome this annual event that will bring Christmas revelers of all ages to the heart of downtown Negaunee from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The traditional downtown family-friendly festival brings back the nostalgia of yesterday. The Negaunee ...
NEGAUNEE — Edith Hampton was born on Dec. 5, 1885 in England. Edith came to America with her siblings and her mother Bessie when she was three years old. They came to the Upper Peninsula, where her father Harry Oliver was working in the iron mines in Negaunee. Edith attended school through ...
NEGAUNEE — Recently, the Negaunee City Council adopted a codified traffic ordinance. This new ordinance is comprised of mostly current regulations already in place. There are however a few new changes that were needed, they center around code modernization, permitted parking, camper and ...
