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John Violetta was the music man

NEGAUNEE — John Violetta was born on April 22, 1919, in Negaunee to Joseph and Anna Violettta. The family home was on the west end of Iron Street. His father was a miner and he was the director of the Negaunee City Band. John followed in his footsteps. It was his father who inspired John ...

Chicago Post tells how former Ishpeming man works while waiting for service

ISHPEMING — Clem Gothe, who was born and brought up in Ishpeming, leaving here last February for Chicago, to take a position in a drug store, has enlisted in the First Illinois National Guard. Clem was employed in L.N. Toutloff's drug store before he left the city. The fact that he is ...

West end update

NEGAUNEE — Legendary Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi once noted that the price of success is “hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” Thanks to the Michigan Municipal ...

Haunted – ghosts of patients past

NEGAUNEE — It's that time for ghosts and goblins. And I found this story at the museum and thought this is the season to bring it out. It was written back in 2008 by Mining Journal reporter Miriam Moeller. A fall sun peeks through gray clouds that hover over a lonely field. There are two ...

Fear, vigilance rise as attacks on worshippers intensify

Every week hundreds of millions of people around the world gather to worship in peace. But for some, there comes a day when deadly violence invades their sacred spaces and shatters that sense of sanctuary and safety. It happened recently at a synagogue in England and two churches in the U.S. ...

Prince Harry, Meghan push against social media predators

NEW YORK — Prince Harry and Meghan urged parents to stand against social media companies that they said lure children with predatory algorithms designed to exploit their data amid the "explosion of unregulated artificial intelligence." "Like so many parents, we think constantly about how ...