Dog park coming to Negaunee

April 22, 2026

NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee City Council approved a land use agreement at their last regular meeting in April, for the construction and maintenance of a dog park. A plan was presented to the city's Parks and Recreation Commission and Negaunee Planning Commission, both recommending its approval. The agreement was made with the Iron Town Dog Park, a not-for-profit group of community driven individuals wanting to provide a safe, welcoming, off-leash space for dogs. The dog park will be located near Jackson Mine Park in a section of Old Town across from the Jim Thomas Pavilion. The park ...

UP Land Conservancy to hold Earth Day fundraising concert

April 22, 2026

MARQUETTE — Starting at 6 p.m. Friday, the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy will hold an Earth Day fundraising concert at the Honorable Distillery in Marquette. The event will feature voice and guitar duo Deux Saisons, as well as a themed cocktail and raffle prizes. “Keri Lee Pierson (of Deux Saisons) reached out offering to coordinate and sing for an Earth Day Fundraiser for the UP Land Conservancy and Partridge Creek Compost,” said UPLC Executive Director Emily Leach. “Keri Lee had supported UPLC in a similar fundraiser concert last year. The Honorable Distillery has been ...

Gambling addiction on the rise. Michigan does less than most states to help

April 21, 2026

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. As online betting becomes increasingly popular, Michigan does less than other states to help people with gambling ...

Local churches put on installations of public art honoring National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives, National Endangered Species Day

April 21, 2026

MARQUETTE — Local churches are honoring National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives and National Endangered Species Day by installing public art. Episcopal churches across the Upper Peninsula will be participating in National Day of Awareness for ...

Annual spring weight restrictions 
continue to be lifted on Michigan’s state roads

April 21, 2026

MARQUETTE ­- The Michigan Department of Transportation continues to adjust spring weight restriction areas in an annual move to protect roads. Effective 6 a.m. Thursday, weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including the Mackinac Bridge. Frost restrictions are still in effect for the remainder of the state and will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways north of the Mackinac Bridge, including the entire Upper Peninsula and Mackinac Island. State routes typically carry M, I or US ...

Student loan borrowers who hoped for federal debt forgiveness may find new programs too expensive

April 21, 2026

MARQUETTE – During the first year of the Trump administration, the student loan delinquency rate rose nearly 25%, according to the Century Foundation.  Currently almost 9 million borrowers are in default, meaning they missed several payments and are at risk of having wages and tax refunds taken directly out of their accounts as payment toward their loans, according to the foundation, which is based in New York City.  In 2023, the federal Saving on a Valuable Education plan was created by the administration of then-President Joe Biden.  It was intended to reduce monthly loan ...