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Marquette Maritime Museum receives grant

By Randy Crouch Marquette Mining Journal MARQUETTE — The Marquette Maritime Museum was recently awarded a $1,800 grant from the Historical Society of Michigan through its Michigan History Alliance grant program. The grant money will be used to purchase archival storage materials for ...

Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call to action

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he will do so facing a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday commemorating King’s legacy. It's a disquieting contrast for some civil ...

Trump pledges a series of Day 1 executive actions

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump used a raucous rally Sunday on the eve of his inauguration to promise swift Day 1 action remaking the federal government, shifting federal priorities at breakneck speed and ensuring that “the curtain closes on four long years of American ...

School closings for Monday, Jan. 20

Due to the cold temperatures expected, these area school districts will not have classes Monday: -- Bishop Baraga Catholic School, Iron Mountain -- Breitung Township, Kingsford -- Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District tech school -- Florence County, Florence, Wis. -- Forest Park, ...