MARQUETTE — State Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking state regulators to sharply reduce a proposed Upper Peninsula Power Co. electric rate increase, arguing the utility should receive no more than $9.9 million of the $17.3 million it wants. Nessel filed testimony with the Michigan ...
MARQUETTE — Jeni Kilpela has been named executive director of the Noquemanon Trail Network, moving into the permanent leadership position after several months serving as interim executive director. Kilpela joined NTN in 2023 as outreach coordinator and has since played a key role in ...
MENOMINEE — A Wilson man has been sentenced to consecutive prison terms after being convicted of felony firearm and assault charges stemming from a 2025 domestic violence incident. Travis James Motto, 38, was sentenced Sept. 4 in 41st Menominee County Circuit Court to two-year prison terms ...
MARQUETTE — A major renovation at the downtown Marquette homeless shelter will see significant improvements to the building. Room at the Inn occupies the building a located at 447 W. Washington St. Chelsie Wilkinson, who is executive director of the facility, is overseeing ...
MARQUETTE — The death of the adult male found off the Iron Ore Heritage Trail near Wilson Street in the city of Marquette in early August was not a homicide but was related to drugs he took, a now completed investigation by the Marquette Police Department has found. The man, identified as ...
HARVEY — Winter in the Upper Peninsula is not something residents can afford to take lightly. Cold temperatures, snow and bitter winds are part of life for months each year, making a warm coat a necessity rather than a luxury. For local families struggling to make ends meet, however, ...