LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used ...
By BUD SARGENT Mining Journal Managing Editor MARQUETTE — A bit of history was made recently east of Marquette in the Luce County village of Newberry. In April, the people responsible for designing and constructing the building that houses the Michigan Department of Natural Resources customer service center came together to mark the facility’s grand opening. Why so much fuss over the opening of a simple 10,000 square foot government structure? Because it is the first in the Upper Peninsula to be built using a material known as mass timber. “It’s a beautiful ...
AURORA, Wis. – A 12-year-old boy died Monday evening after being struck by a vehicle that also hit a utility pole, causing a power outage in the Town of Aurora in eastern Florence County. Florence County Dispatch received multiple 911 calls at 6:16 p.m. Monday that a vehicle had collided with the utility pole on County Road N east of Aurora Liquors, according to a news release from Florence County Sheriff Teresa Chrisman. Deputies from the sheriff’s department and Florence County EMS found a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old male had left the road and hit the 12-year-old boy and the ...
he Iron River Knights Of Columbus, Council 2300 recently completed their spring annual roadside cleanup. They began working at the Ice Lake/U.S. 2 intersection and ended at the Bates-Amasa/U.S. 2 intersection. Many bags of trash were collected. From left, volunteering were future Knight Jim ...
MARQUETTE — A second case of measles has been reported in Marquette County, making it the third overall in the Upper Peninsula, according to the Marquette County Health Department. The infected person was at these Marquette locations where potentially others were infected, the health department stated: — First Bank, 1502 W. Washington St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 a.m.to 2 p.m.Thursday and 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. — Meijer, 3630 U.S. 41, Marquette, from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 23. In addition, this person also was in Delta County on Thursday, from ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Emily Cummings, local history specialist, will give a presentation titled “Titanic and Her Local Ties” at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Dickinson County Library in Iron Mountain. The presentation will cover the construction, voyage, passengers, and sinking of the Titanic. Passengers with local ties will be highlighted in this presentation.
