Ishpeming Railroad News Today

The mouth of the Dead River is a popular area for fishing among boaters since the current from the river mouth attracts trout and salmon during both spring and fall months.

GREEN GARDEN, MI- Richard William Reader, age 78, of Green Garden Location, entered eternal life Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at home, in the loving care of his

NORWAY, MI - Allen was born in Norway, Michigan on September 26, 1949, to Kidford Freeman and Doris Marie Waldbillig. While the family lived in Niagara, Wis

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — The cit

Railroad industry news about: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad, labor contract, rail labor unions. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

MARQUETTE, MI - Walter George “Brutz” Benson, age 85, entered eternal life Sunday, March 19, 2023, at the Eastwood Nursing Center in the loving care of his

HOMICIDE SUSPECT-ARRESTED

Some ports in Marquette are in line for improvements with a $1.6 million U.S. Maritime Administration Port Infrastructure Development Program grant.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MICHIGAN

Gordon R. Vercoe Jr. SPEARFISH, SD – Gordon R. Vercoe Jr, 84, resident of Spearfish, South Dakota and former resident of Ishpeming, Michigan, passed away on November 30, 2020, in Yuma, Arizona, his winter home, after a brief hard-fought battle with Covid-19. He was born in Ishpeming, on May 18, 1936, to Gordon and Bertha (Vertanen) Vercoe, growing up in Gwinn and Ishpeming (North Lake) Michigan. After high school he joined the U.S. Navy (1954-1958) and was a torpedo man stationed aboard one ...