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Beach reopens after safe water levels are met

MARQUETTE — Tourist Park Beach has reopened for swimming again, the city of Marquette announced on Saturday. Water samples taken on July 11 showed that bacteria levels have returned to safe levels at Tourist Park Beach and the water is now open for swimmers to enjoy. When the beach was ...

Blueberry Festival set for July 25

MARQUETTE — The 2025 Blueberry Festival is set for 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, July 25 at West Washington Street and South Front Street in Marquette. Michael Bradford, business outreach and promotions director for the Marquette Downtown Development Authority, said that the street closure ...

Air quality alert issued for U.P.

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has issued an air quality alert through today for elevated levels of fine particulates (PM2.5). Pollutants are expected to be in the unhealthy (red AQI) to USG (orange AQI) range. The alert is in effect for the ...