Today in History: October 23, Beirut barracks bombings By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2026. There are 69 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette County Board of Commissioners has released an announcement stating that they will be holding a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 for a Tyler Technologies CAD demonstration. The meeting will be held in the commission chambers at the Marquette County Court House, room #231. The board is currently weighing the decision of whether to switch the County’s 911 dispatch system to Motorola Solutions. The other U.P. counties, as well as the State Police, all utilize the Tyler Technologies system and there has been community concern over whether utilizing a ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Downtown Development Authority will make an informational presentation at the Nov. 12 regular meeting of the Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors, according to an announcement from Marquette city hall. The purpose of this presentation is to inform the board, taxing jurisdictions and the general public of the authority’s accomplishments of the past year and the goals and projects to be undertaken in the coming year. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. at the Marquette Commons, 112 S. Third St., Marquette. Pursuant to Michigan Public Act 57 of ...
MARQUETTE — Republican Senatorial candidate Mike Rogers visited Marquette Thursday morning as part of a longer campaign bus tour of the Upper Peninsula. The event was held at the Honorable Distillery in downtown Marquette, and attracted a crowd of a few dozen supporters. “Mike’s out ...
