Now that most people have dispensed with that annual fountain of frustration known as the New Year’s resolutions, we’d like to suggest a resolution of a different sort — and you don’t have to give up your Aunt Libby’s chocolate eclair to achieve success. The Ishpeming Carnegie ...

Author Jane Austen once wrote: “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” We know of one Upper Peninsula resident who might ...

After three years of tumultuous finishes, the Michigan Wolverines football team “bet” on themselves this season, and wisely so. The national champion Wolverines returned home Tuesday night to thunderous applause and screaming fans following their 34-13 victory over the Washington Huskies ...

Last year, Democrats took control of both chambers of the Michigan Legislature for the first time in decades. They used that power to enact several sweeping reforms that will take effect this year. Among the changes: ≤ Lawmakers repealed the state’s right-to-work law that forbid ...

A community of any size must have a group of volunteers who work behind the scenes, helping perform important and often essential tasks. That’s certainly the case in Michigamme and Spurr townships in Marquette County where a trio of volunteers were honored recently for working for many ...

We think Negaunee City Manager Nate Heffron is on to something. The high-energy Heffron this week rolled out what purports to represent his thinking on future economic development in Negaunee. The Negaunee Economic Development Advisory Team is a 12-member board — that’s Heffron and 11 ...