ISHPEMING — As part of National Rural Health Day, UP Health System–Bell has announced that it has received a 2025 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in outcomes, according to a company press release.   The award, compiled by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, recognizes ...

CHAMPION - The West End Health Foundation hosted a business after hours on Nov. 12, at Jerzi’s 41 in Champion and took the opportunity to award the 2025 fall grant recipients. The total funding allocated for the fall grants included $50,000 for programmatic grants and $40,000 for proactive ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — USA Luge has announced the U.S. Alpine Luge Team roster for the 2025-2026 season and four of the team members have close ties to Marquette. The four with local connections include Thomas Matthews, Torrey Cookman, Katie Cookman and McKenna Wnuk. Overall, members of the ...

MARQUETTE — He’s making a list and checking it twice — just not on the first Friday in December. The annual Downtown Marquette Winter Snow Fun Holiday Parade will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, leading from Third Street down to the Marquette Commons. “Bundle up with ...

ISHPEMING — Ely Township has purchased nearly 20 acres of the Barnes Hecker Mine property and surrounding lands and have a goal to set up a memorial park in time for the 100th anniversary of the tragedy. The Barnes Hecker Mine disaster was a cave-in that took place in November 1926 and saw ...

MARQUETTE — Marquette Police Department officers were called to a location off Presque Isle Avenue in north Marquette Wednesday morning to the scene of an apparent suicide. Several people posted on social media that a body was observed during their early morning commute. The suicide was ...