When making any decision in life, it is impossible to truly account for every potential twist that may be thrown your way. Whether it’s accepting a job and moving into a new city right before the company shuts down, purchasing a new car the night a tree falls on your driveway, or, if you’re Georgia…

In 2003, Congress passed the Energy Policy Act. The Act was controversial from its inception, and rushed through the legislature despite widespread disapproval of the bill. According to Rep. John Dingell (MI), the legislation was ‘“written in secret, and kept from the light of day, just like the Cheney task force”’(CGS 4). The bill was…

When I was initially given the daunting eight-box collection belonging to the late Jon H. Rieger to inventory, I had absolutely no idea what sort of findings it would entail. A Professor of Sociology at the University of Louisville and lifetime member of the Ontonagon County Historical Society, Dr. Rieger had a truly storied career.…

In honor of Valentine’s Day, this post will be dedicated to a few charming and romantic aspects of life in the past at NMU. Following ground leveling construction in 1907, students and staff noticed that the raised berm left behind was curiously heart-shaped! The Heart of Northern was situated in front of Cohodas Hall, measuring…

From The Mining Journal Digital Scans Collection

The Great Lakes Compact is an international agreement between the U.S great lakes states and Canadian great lakes provinces.  It was ratified in 2008 with the purpose of protecting water quantity and quality in the great lakes basin in response to backlash against the Canadian attempt to sell a tanker full of Lake Superior water…