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Transit agencies receive $133 million in grants for new buses

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Transportation announces $133 million in funding from the Federal Transit Administration's Low or No Emission Grant Program and Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program, as well as, matching state funds that will help modernize Michigan’s bus ...

MSP Eighth District announces 2025 Employees of the Year

MARQUETTE — The Michigan State Police Eighth District, which encompasses the Upper Peninsula, has announced the winners of the district’s 2025 Employee of the Year Awards. The awards honor members who show strong character, dedicated service and a positive impact on the communities they ...

MSP helps make Christmas brighter for child fighting cancer

MARQUETTE — Instead of Santa and his sleigh, Michigan State Police troopers aboard their “Blue Goose” patrol car brought Christmas cheer to a young girl fighting cancer far from home. On Dec. 13, MSP Wakefield post staff learned from the child's’s grandmother during a Shop with a Cop ...

Wisconsin man dies in snomo crash

IRONWOOD — At about 10:31 a.m. Sunday, troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post and deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a snowmobile crash on Trail 2 in Bessemer Township. The preliminary investigation found the snowmobile was traveling ...

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church marks milestone

MARQUETTE — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Marquette will hold its Christmas Eve Service at 5 p.m. today at the church at 201 E. Ridge St., in Marquette. This service marks the 150th anniversary of St. Paul’s sanctuary building which opened for the first time at Christmas 1875. The ...