MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center presents “The Modern Family Tree” at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, May 1. It will focus on digital formats and techniques that work for preserving original documents, and how to work with metadata. Family trees can be preserved and ...

NORWAY — Take a magical journey this weekend as the Dickinson County Community Theatre team brings to life “The Big Friendly Giant.” The cast will present four shows of the family-friendly stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1982 children’s classic book, “The BFG,” at the Fine ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — A retaining wall on West Ludington Street between Forest and South Pine streets will be evaluated for replacement or removal. “It has been patched many times throughout the years but is getting to the point that any additional patches will not be effective,” City Manger ...

FLORENCE, Wis. — Chad Hedmark of Aurora will serve as the new chairman of the Florence County Board, which still has two vacancies to fill. Hedmark was elected unanimously Tuesday during the board’s reorganizational meeting. He succeeds Jeanette Bomberg of Florence, who was defeated in the ...

A package of bills that would require a library and certified librarian in every Michigan public school got its first hearing Tuesday. Introduced last month by state Sens. Darrin Camilleri, D-Trenton, and Rosemary Bayer, D-West Bloomfield, the bills came before the Senate Education Committee ...

HOUGHTON — A Wisconsin man has been declared competent to stand trial for the December murder of a Hancock Township man. Jacob Kempainen, 21, of Hartland, is accused of fatally shooting his grandfather, Alvin Kempainen. The 86-year-old was found dead of a gunshot wound on Dec. 19. He and ...