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 inside ...

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 ...

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 other ...

ISHPEMING — No other citizen of Ishpeming had as much to do with the entertainment industry than Ed Butler. Long before the Butler theater was erected, he managed various theaters and opera houses. “Born in Rockland, Ontonagon county, August 28, 1865, he came to Ishpeming in 1869. The ...