By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer NEGAUNEE — Need a fun thing to do when you’re not laboring on Labor Day? The Marquette Alger Community Labor Council, AFL-CIO and Upper Peninsula Regional Labor Federation will hold a Labor Day parade and picnic at the Jim Thomas Pavilion at ...
NEGAUNEE — What is a city manager? What do they do? It’s a question I get often but not one that is easy to answer. Every community is different and has different demographics, needs, and expectations. The simplest explanation often comes from a specific community’s charter. The ...
ISHPEMING — The summer of 1902 featured a third event. It wasn’t quite as splashy as either the circus or the wild west show, except maybe for the battle reenactment, but it was, in its own way, very important. “The Upper Peninsula Veterans Association will hold its annual reunion this year in Ishpeming, the dates being Tuesday and Wednesday, July 15 and 16. Members of the local post are busy making preparations for the event and expect to make the meeting one of the most successful in the history of the association. There will be several hundred old soldiers present and they ...
ISHPEMING — I’ve often been told by visitors that our area has some of the nicest people who live here. Even the comedian Charlie Berens from Wisconsin has skits about Yoopers who have someone accidently bump into them apologize for being in the way. I take a lot of pride in our ...
NEGAUNEE — In an issue of the Negaunee Iron Herald, dated 1958, Harry Cronin, a Negaunee pharmacist, recalled the changes that had taken place in the drug store business since he purchased it in November of 1933, at a cost of $1,800.00. Harry Cronin had gained experience as a pharmacist in ...
By NATE HEFFRON Manager City of Negaunee You met Savannah Sevegney a couple weeks ago with her newly opened business Modern Drift Boutique, located near Irontown Pasties. Now it’s time to meet her mother who is the owner of Jasper Hill Photography, Jennifer Sevegney. As the business ...
