VERY UPSET: Peters Blasts Post Office Decision To Change U.P. Mail Processing
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it is moving forward with changes to mail processing operations at the Iron Mountain Mail Processing Center despite concerns Peter...
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BREAKING NEWS: Three Delta County Board Commissioners Recalled
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH KELLI VAN GINHOVEN There will be three new members of the Delta County Board of Commissioners, after all three long-time incumbents were soundly defeated in a special election yesterday. The newcomers all won in landslide vote totals in a recall that was initiated 18 months ago ...
20h ago
Marquette Area Public Schools Unveil New Sentinels Logo
The Marquette Public Schools has a new logo. The moniker was unveiled Monday night at a meeting of the school board. Marquette Schools' alumnus and graphic artist Matt Sia is credited with the design. It's part of a re-branding process following a team name change earlier this year, which saw the school board eliminate...
23h ago
UPDATE: Body Of Missing Kayaker Found In Little Bay deNoc
*******UPDATE ON MISSING KAYAKER******* 5/7/24 ;At approximately 1:00pm today (Tuesday), searchers recovered the body of the missing Kayaker in approximately 14 feet of water. A more detailed press release will be issued tomorrow (Wednesday). Original Story Below On Sunday, May 5th at 7:03pm Delta County Sheriff's Depu...
23h ago
Three People Recovering After Motorcycle, Car Collision In Dickinson County
On 5/3/2024 at approximately 4:05pm, the Michigan State Police, Dickinson County Sheriff's Department, and Iron Mountain Police Department responded to a crash between a passenger car and motorcycle. The crash occurred on US-2 in Quinnesec near Lake Antoine Rd. The passenger car, driven by a 50-yr-old female from Iron ...
May 07, 2024
Student Art Exhibit On Display At Marquette's Peter White Public Library
Deo Gallery's May exhibit features over one hundred local student artists from Marquette Senior High School (Instructor Jake Fether), Negaunee High School (Instructor Kimberly Schefchik), Ishpeming High School (Instructor Alexandra Trotter), and Gwinn High School (Instructor Meghan Soucy). This exhibit showcases a vari...
May 07, 2024
Bay College Honors Outstanding Student Employee On Iron Mountain Campus
Bay College honored its 2024 Outstanding Student Employee during a ceremony held at the Iron Mountain Campus. Each year, Bay College honors an Outstanding Student Employee. Any Bay College employee, Board Member, student, alumni, or community member may nominate a student employee for the Bay College Outstanding Studen...
May 07, 2024
Michigan Senator Presses VA During Hearing On Veteran Apprenticeships
During a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing with Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis R. McDonough, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) received an update on the VA's efforts to promote apprenticeship opportunities that are available to veterans through their GI bill benefits. In 2020, bipartisan legislation authored by ...
May 07, 2024
Superior Watershed Partnership Buys 1,800 Acres Of Land Near Covington
The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) Land Conservancy in cooperation with Baraga County are pleased to announce the purchase and protection of 1,184 acres of wild Northwoods forest including over 4 miles of river frontage on the Sturgeon River (Covington Township)! The property also includes a variety of important ...
May 03, 2024
More han 200 Graduate From Hospitality Training Course; Seven From U.P.
Statewide, 238 Michigan residents have graduated from the first 2024 cohort of the Hospitality Training Institute of Michigan's Business Management course. This 12-week course taught students business and leadership skills that will help them establish a lifelong career and become leaders in Michigan's hospitality indu...
May 03, 2024