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Get to know your candidates: U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet

MARQUETTE — With candidates announcing their intention to run to represent Michigan’s First Congressional District in Washington D.C., incumbent candidate U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, will once again be running to represent the people of the district. The First Congressional ...

45th Annual Hiawatha Music Festival around corner

MARQUETTE – Starting this weekend, the Hiawatha Music Festival will return to Marquette, lasting from Friday to Sunday at Tourist Park. Weekend tickets are priced at $150, $10 for kids ages 6 through 12 and children five or under are free. Single day tickets vary with Friday being $45, ...

Mobile mammography unit returns to Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

BARAGA — The Corewell Health Mobile Mammography Unit is returning to support the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Sept. 15–16. This event is anticipated to screen 96 women in two days. The mobile mammography unit provides early breast cancer detection services to women ages 4 –74. The ...

35th annual Republic Fishing Derby to be held this weekend

REPUBLIC — The 35th annual Republic Fishing Derby is set for this weekend along the Michigamme River in Republic. Pre-registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Munson Park. Fishing will be held Saturday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will ...

Airport manager chosen to be new county administrator

MARQUETTE — Duane DuRay, director of operations and manager of the Marquette-Sawyer Regional Airport, was selected by the Marquette County Board of Commissioners to be the new county administrator after two rounds of voting on Tuesday night. The board held a public special meeting on ...

First-Ever Michigan Innovation Fund awardees announced

MARQUETTE – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced the initial eight recipients of the first-ever Michigan Innovation Fund, signed into law earlier this year. With bipartisan support from elected officials in the state Legislature, the fund received a $60 million appropriation to distribute ...