MARQUETTE – In an unanimous decision by the Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees, Christopher J. Olsen has been named as the newest president of NMU. He is set to start in the position Jan. 1. BOT Vice Chair Melissa Holmquist was the person who brought first the motion and was the ...

LANSING — As a group of Northern Michigan University students huddled around the carcass of a northern pike supposedly caught earlier that day, they knew something was wrong: The fish was far too small. Michigan law requires anglers to release northern pike if they’re less than 24 inches ...

Niagara School Board will have a budget and finance meeting at 4 p.m. today in Room 113 of Niagara High School. For more, go to https://www.niagara.k12.wi.us/district/2025-niagara-school-board-agendas-and-minutes.cfm. Iron Mountain City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City ...

CRYSTAL FALLS — Forest Park School's Trojan Power Robotics and the Crystal Theatre will present a Classic Sci-Fi Movie Festival on Saturday. The festival will feature 1956's “Forbidden Planet,” which introduces one of the most iconic movie robots of all time, and 1990's “Tremors” ...

ESCANABA — J.L. Hyde, local fiction author, will speak at Bay College from 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday in the Joseph Heirman University Center 952. The event is free and open to the public. Hyde is a graduate of Gladstone High School and Central Michigan University and recently moved ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on the North Central Forest Draft Regional Master Plan and Environmental Analysis, which outlines proposed future resource management and public use and development of DNR-managed properties within the North ...