IRONWOOD – Nurses at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital voted last week to ratify a new union contract, according to a release from the Michigan Nurses Association (MNA). The contract takes effect immediately and runs through July 19, 2028. The release says the agreement maintains the wage structure ...
LANSING — Houghton County Memorial Airport will receive a million dollars in state funds designed to address PFAS contanimation related to the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy last week that grants totaling $9 million ...
HOUGHTON – The severe cold weather that began Sunday evening shows little chance of ending soon, according to Meteorologist Daniel Jablonski with National Weather Service Marquette OFF Negaunee. Jablonski said at this time, however, he is not willing to apply the term Polar Vortex to the ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — Following a five-day jury trial, Tanner Dunbar Harrison was found guilty on Friday of one count of second-degree murder, nearly five years after the incident that claimed the life of 20-year-old Katie Robinson. The case was prosecuted by Chippewa County Chief Assistant ...
ALGER COUNTY — A 22-year old Ohio man died as a result of injuries he sustained in a snowmobile accident in the central U.P. Saturday. According to a press release from the Michigan State Police, troopers from the Negaunee post responded to a report of snowmobile accident at approximately ...
For more than 10 years, I researched and wrote the weekly Daily Mining Gazette column, Copper Country’s Past & People. The Copper Country’s past was made by its people. Among the outstanding aspects of these people are their resilience, their strength, and the character, derived from ...