Former US Rep Ruppe from UP dies at age 99

HOUGHTON — Former U.S. Rep. Philip Edward Ruppe, an Upper Peninsula native who served six consecutive terms in the U.S. Congress, died Monday in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 99. Ruppe represented Michigan’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from Jan. 3, 1967, to Jan. 3, 1979. Ruppe’s roots in the Copper Country […]