Ishpeming News

Honoring a former Ishpeming family for their service to the military.A It's how family and friends recognized the Leanes family at Pasquali's restaurant in Negaunee.

AA Gwinn man is facing several felony charges for breaking into two Marquette County businesses.

November 12, 2009 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan announced today the selection of 13 Project ReImagine demonstration districts to begin innovative strategies using public and private partnerships to help change the way education is delivered to Michigan school children.

Michigan schools officials have selected 13 districts that could get new initiatives paid for if the state wins competitive grants from the federal stimulus program.

If you hadn't heard, theA highly anticipatedA deer season gets under way this Sunday, and if you're a hunter heading out to camp, you may soon be making aA trip to the grocery store to stock up on all the necessities.

Photo caption: Ishpeming TSC Development Engineer Rob Tervo; Crossroads Restaurant owner Sue Krieg; Ishpeming TSC Manager Andy Sikkema; and MDOT Superior Region Planner Vince Bevins display the new sign designating the carpool lot in Marquette County, near the intersection of M-553 and County Road 480.

Finding their call, that's the theme at this weekendsA P2K Catholic Youth Conference at St.

TV6A has been helping feed the needy for over 25 years. The annual Canathon officially kicks off on Monday, butA Friday morning, students at Negaunee Middle School, and members of the United Steelworkers Union 4974, loaded nonperishable food donations onto a truck from the Salvation Army in Ishpeming.

November 3, 2009 -- New signs have been posted designating the carpool lot provided through a partnership between the Michigan Department of Transportation and Jack's Super Serv in Harvey.

Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:51 p.m. They're identified as 25-year-old Jesse Mitchell of Ishpeming, and 24-year-old Kasey Lee Morcom also of Ishpeming.

Posted 5 hours, 31 minutes ago at 3:53 pm. Cassopolis' loss 35-0 to Coloma Friday night left the Rangers with a 6-3 record and sends them to Mendon to take on the 9-0 Hornets in the opening round of the Michigan High School Athletic Association playoffs.

Ita s a growing problem across the country and here in the U.P., prescription drug abuse.A A survey last year of teens in Marquette and Alger Counties found that 14% of those who responded abused a prescription medication.

October 27, 2009 -- After a construction season adjusting to detour routes in and around downtown Houghton, motorists are being asked to use caution when returning to normal traffic patterns.

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Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 9:43 a.m. All five are being arraigned in Marquette County District Court Monday for misappropriation of $75,000 of a Gwinn woman.

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Ruth Fredin, the 81-year-old victim of Saturday night's bingo money mugging in Ishpeming, speaks out about what she went through.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 9:22 p.m. ISHPEMING -- Last Saturday night, 81-year-old Ruth Fredin of Ishpeming won more thanA $1,000 playing bingo.A Then her luck changed.A She was mugged outside of her apartment complex, and her bingo winnings and everything else in her purse--cell phone, drivers license, eye glasses--was taken.

William Clay Ford, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Ford Motors, spoke to students at NMU and Michigan Tech on Monday.

Ishpeming Police are investigating a strong armed robbery in the parking lot of the Pioneer Bluff Apartments.