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 ...

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 community ...

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 ...

By KAREN KASPER Ishpeming Historical Society and the Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum ISHPEMING — “Mr. Fuller, representing the Buffalo Bill Wild West show, was in Ishpeming this week looking over the grounds at Union Park with a view to bringing the big show here this summer. He could not ...