“My only memories of my father are of the man dying from smoking.” The words of Patrick Reynolds, son of R.J. Reynolds, founder of the second largest to­bacco company in the U.S., reso­nate. He...

Addiction is something every human can understand. Love, coffee, cigarettes, television, favorite foods, exercise, meds, the gas in your car and countless other vices and habits we nurture or loathe or...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) held a public hearing from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 25 in Westwood High School’s auditorium in Ishpeming, Mich. at which about 150 people were...

Thursday, March 20, 2014 - Marquette, MI - To address outcry by individuals and conservation groups over recent proposed changes to the Eagle Mine’s Groundwater Discharge Permit (GWDP), a public hearing...

Interview by: Mary Wardell & Michael Williams Raj Patel is an internationally renowned author and activist. He currently co-teaches at UC Berkeley with Michael Pollan and has degrees from the...

Former NMU student Bryce Hoduski was pronounced dead on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 25 in the emergency room at Marquette General Hospital, according to Detective Lieutenant Michael Wasie of the Marquette...

https://vimeo.com/87152970 Harvey Scherer, retired from the Coast Guard since 1992, has been plowing since 2005 and celebrated his 42nd wedding anniversary last week. “People ask me ‘how can you...

A lot of things have changed over the years at Northern. For instance, students don’t dine with the president in their residence hall, kidnap fellow students and leave them stranded on islands to...

Former Shell Oil CEO John Hofmeister spoke on campus Tuesday, Jan. 21, about the urgent need to make a plan for “affordable and sustainable” energy solutions. CEO from 2005 to 2008, he has “participated...

The 20-foot-tall columns of ice at the Eben Ice Caves take on an ephemeral glow, surrounded by snow-laden woods and nestled into a rock face in the Rock River Canyon Wilderness area of the Hiawatha National...

With an ongoing national health crisis, the exploding cost of medical care (and anxiety to go with), as well as media-twisted perceptions about beauty and health, it is the “perfect storm” for the...

With only three weeks left in the semester, it’s officially crunch time for NMU students. Health Promotions Specialist Lenny Shible said there are a wide range of stress-related issues he encounters...