MARQUETTE — The body of a 21 year-old Northern Michigan University student, missing since February and feared drowned, was discovered in the waters of Lake Superior Friday. According to a press release from Marquette City Police, at around 3:30 Friday afternoon, the body of Trenton Massey was ...

IRON COUNTY — A 45-year-old woman, from the Dickinson County community of Vulcan, died early Thursday in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 141 near Offerman Road in Iron County’s Hematite Township. Also injured was a 22-year-old female passenger, also from Vulcan, in the 2020 Chevrolet Colorado ...

WASHINGTON DC — Highland Copper Company has been acknowledged as a contributor to U.S. copper mining expansion by the Trump Administration, Highland said in a recent statement. A fact sheet published by the White House on April 2 states, in part: “Companies such as Highland Copper, Ivanhoe ...

LAURIUM – The village recently learned it has been awarded a space in a competitive community exchange program offered by the Michigan Municipal League (MML). The U.P. Community Exchange Program pairs U.P. communities to share resources and ideas. The program, along with others like the ...

MUNISING — Media reports from the central U.P. indicate a child has died as the result of a residential fire in the city of Munising. Several media outlets reported Friday that Alger County Emergency Management said, the victim found at the scene of the house fire was a three year old ...

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Technological University Board of Trustees met Friday and established a new school in the College of Sciences and Arts and created a new major in the College of Computing to meet the demands of a rapidly growing industry. As expected, the board raised tuition by 4.02 ...