MARQUETTE — Brock Tessman is stepping down as president of Northern Michigan University, effective July 1, to become president at Montana State University, NMU announced Monday. MSU, in Bozeman, Montana, is a public land-grant research university with about 17,000 students. Tessman began ...

LANSING — An Iron County native says he may not have become a filmmaker if it were not for Career and Technical Education. “We were on a path,” Anders Lindwall recalled about he and brother Davin’s experience at West Iron County High School in Iron River. “It really helped to set us ...

IRON RIVER — Crafters and vendors are welcome to the Windsor Center Annual Craft and Vendor Show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Call 906-367-5218 with questions.

UNALASKA, Alaska — An Escanaba native who was working on a fishing vessel in Alaska has been found dead. Jacob Riley Veeser, 28, began working on vessels in the Bering Sea about nine years ago. Most recently, he was serving as a crew member aboard F/V Lady Alaska, which was featured on ...

Michigan State Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Rice announced Friday he is retiring from his position. Rice’s retirement from leading the Michigan Department of Education will be effective Oct. 3. “It’s been an honor to serve Michigan’s 1.4 million public school ...

By ANTONIO ANDERSON Mining Journal, Marquette MARQUETTE — The migration of the blue-spotted salamander is set to start any day now in Marquette, but recent cold snaps and warm spells have put pressure on the salamanders. The road around Presque Isle Park is closing at 8 p.m. every ...