Editors note: The Daily Mining Gazette, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers is running companion pieces to our America 250 stories with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. Today's story comes from the Iron Mountain Daily News. Before the advent of the railroad, ...
IRON MT. — Three members of the Dickinson-Iron Counties Nurses Honor Guard joined fellow honor guards from across Michigan and Delaware at Arlington National Cemetery recently to pay tribute to military nurses and fallen service members. Local retired nurse members Lauri Oberdorfer, Linda ...
Dear Annie: My 15-year-old daughter and I used to be extremely close. She was the kind of child who would climb into the car after school and tell me everything before I even pulled out of the parking lot: who sat with whom at lunch, what her teacher said, which friend was mad at which friend ...
Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...
CAIRO (AP) — A deal appears to be emerging between the United States and Iran to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend said it had been “largely negotiated.” It is not clear when or how the deal might be finalized and when its various ...
HOUGHTON – Former State Representative Beau LaFave (R-Iron Mt.) is running for Michigan 38th State Senate District, currently held by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-Wacedah), who is term-limited. LaFave, has received the endorsement of Congressman Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet), and is vying for the GOP ...