Negaunee News

Despite warm temperatures, there is still some lingering snow in parts of the U.P. This picture is from Negaunee Township, outside the Iron Ore Industry Museum.

The Negaunee Beautification Committee is working on getting new benches for some of the parks in the city and you can help.

Michigan based historian Bill Jamerson will perform a program of songs and stories about Michigan's Upper Peninsula at the Northfield Senior Center on Wednesday June 12 at 3 pm .

T he actress had both breasts removed after learning she carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene , which drastically increases her risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.

Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the appointment of Larry Lankton, of Houghton, to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum Advisory Board.

The Marquette County Road Commission has announced that it is re-opening Grimes Road, also known as County Road JJG, at 3 p.m. on Monday.

There's a Freeze Warning for the entire area for Sunday Night/early Monday. Check the snowman cam and you'll see they've had some accumulating snowit's happened before but even in the U.P., accumulating snow in the 2nd week of May isn't common.

"My oldest son Ethan wanted to ride so I wanted to introduce him to that and being out in the woods," says Negaunee dad Nathan Ihamaki.

A strong trough associated with very cold air for May dug into the western U.S. from Canada on May 1, 1954.

Since 1930, the Negaunee Male Chorus has been entertaining audiences with their music.

A massive, warm upper-level ridge reached its peak over the Great Lakes during the latter part of the first week of May 2000.

One of the wettest periods on record in Upper Michigan culminated in a snowstorm over many sections on May 6-7, 1960.

I've alluded to the term "backward spring" several times in the last week or so.

The Building Trades Program with Westwood, Negaunee, and Ishpeming High Schools gives students hands-on experience to prepare them for the working world ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP -- For two hours a day, these high schoolers are construction workers.

The Marquette City Police Department has announced the names of two people they believe stole a wallet from the Wild Rover Bar on March 5. Tricia Lou Savard, 33, and Charles Raymond Elvetici, 30, were arrested on March 21 by the Negaunee Police Department and are still being housed in the Marquette County Jail awaiting the judicial process.

It's May Day and the inexorable push toward the warm season continues. April sees the biggest jump in mean temperature during the month.

Fast melting snow and recent rains have left one Negaunee Township home surrounded by water.

Project Feed a Neighbor has wrapped up for the year and it was a success. This past weekend, volunteers collected bags of donated food and paper products in Ishpeming, Negaunee and Republic.

A "backward" spring is a term probably coined in New England for a spring season that reverts back to winter.

The Michigan State Police responded to a kayaker that had become lost during an outing on the Baltimore River, east of US-45 in Ontonagon County on Sunday night.