This week’s “Remember when?” examines the Commonwealth Mine in Florence County, from information provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum. The Commonwealth Mine was discovered by Hiram D. Fisher in 1876 and operated between 1880 to 1916. Fisher also founded the Town of ...
Mike Rogers, Michigan’s Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, today will kick off a 13-day statewide bus tour titled “We Have a State to Save.” Rogers, an Army veteran, former FBI street agent and former U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman, will spend Thursday in the Upper Peninsula. According to a news release, he will attend an event in Marquette County at 8:45 a.m. Eastern time Thursday, followed by a 10:45 a.m. Central time stop in Norway and a 1:45 p.m. Eastern time event in Gladstone. Reservations are required at ...
In-person absentee voting for Wisconsin’s elections began Tuesday, with hours and locations varying by municipality. (Editor’s note: In Florence County, in-person absentee voting can be done at the clerk’s office, 501 Lake Ave. in Florence, between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. weekdays ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University Theatre and Dance will host its live production of “The Rocky Horror Show” in Forest Roberts Theatre from Thursday through Saturday. The stage performance brought to life in Marquette is the 1973 musical production written by Richard O’Brien, which gained further reach when the 1975 screenplay became a cult classic. The plot of the horror-comedy-musical “puts a comedic spin on science fiction and horror movies from the 1930s through the early 1960s,” according to a news release. “When a newly engaged couple gets caught in a storm, ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Elections officials in battleground Wisconsin on Thursday approved guidance for local clerks to help them know what to do if federal law enforcement officials show up at the polls on Election Day, as some activists fear might happen. A Republican on the bipartisan ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Little ghosts, goblins and superheroes will fill downtown Iron Mountain on Saturday for an afternoon of Halloween fun. The Iron Mountain Downtown Development Authority will host its fifth-annual Pumpkin Walk Trunk and Treat from noon to 3 p.m. at the downtown stage and ...
