MARQUETTE COUNTY — Cynthia Ewell Foster, a University of Michigan clinical professor of psychiatry, began piloting a program in Marquette several years ago to encourage secure storage of firearms in partnership with Sarah Derwin of the Marquette County Health Department, as well as Cheryl ...

MARQUETTE — A cooperative moose research team, including the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Northern Michigan University and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, has concluded its efforts to capture and collar moose in the core moose population area in the western Upper Peninsula for ...

HOUGHTON — A severe snowstorm that struck the Keweenaw Peninsula early Wednesday morning has created hazardous driving conditions across Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. All schools in Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga counties were closed Wednesday, along with Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community ...

HOUGHTON — Long time community leader, educator and local sports personality, Robert "Bob" Backon passed away Sunday at the Omega House in Houghton. Backon was born in downstate Highland Park, but raised in Ironwood, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School. He earned his bachelor's of ...

HOUGHTON – Scores of companies and hundreds of students gathered at Michigan Technological University's Student Development Complex Tuesday for Michigan Tech’s Spring Career Fair, which ran from noon to 5 p.m. More than 150 employers from across the country were on hand for the event, said ...

MARENISCO — In 2018, the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Gogebic County’s Marenisco Township was closed by the Michigan Department of Corrections, economically devastating the region and putting many people out of work. Over the years, several proposals for what to do with the property ...