With the thermometer hovering under 40 degrees Fahrenheit, Marquette residents strolled through the streets with perhaps just a bit of caffeine buzz from the 8th annual Coffee Crawl, put on by NMU's Public...

Lake freighters were found at the ore dock. To be specific, it was the Joseph L. Block, a 1976 bulk carrier 221 meters long and currently making her way through the Great Lakes carrying cargo. With her...

In 1971, future NMU sociology professor Michael Loukinen and his wife Elaine moved to the small community of Pelkie in Baraga County for Loukinen's research on his doctoral dissertation, exploring inter-household...

The first glorious and long-awaited day of April, the North Wind went skipping down to McCarty's Cove—long a favored spot for bonfires, swimming, and other warm-weather activities—to capture some pictures...

After a long five days being stuck inside, your faithful multimedia editor turned (as many do) to the computer, where I found that the North Wind's entire catalog of print editions from 1972 to 2005—...

Marquette, a town filled to the brim with wildcats was overflowing with joy and anticipation as dogs took the center stage on Washington street.  The UP200 sled dog race leads mushers on a thrill 228...

The renovated Harden Hall and Lydia Olson Library have drawn some mixed opinions. On the one hand, there's the comparisons to hospital facilities and the use of adjectives like "bleak" to describe...

Retired documentary filmmaker and NMU's emeritus professor of sociology, Dr. Michael Loukinen, spent his summers growing up in the Upper Peninsula, where the phrase "good man in the woods" carried a lot...

Even the staff of our student-run paper needs a break from the bustle of Marquette and NMU once in a while. This week, the North Wind headed east towards Grand Marais with an Olympus Camedia C-750...

On Tuesday night, EcoReps held a sewing and mending workshop in Jamrich to expand the horizons both of their club and the NMU community. "We want to involve other clubs on campus, especially new...

Each semester, NMU students studying natural resource–related fields have the interesting opportunity to dive into real-world science alongside the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR)....

The Latinx Student Union at  Northern Michigan University is celebrating Día de los Muertos, and have constructed an ofrenda in John X. Jamrich hall to celebrate. This is the second year in a row...