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Police locate suspect in fatal crash

By Journal Staff MARINETTE, Wis. — The Marinette, Wisconsin, Police Department has identified a person of interest and located a suspect vehicle regarding a hit-and-run fatal incident that took place on Saturday. That person is cooperating with law enforcement authorities and their ...

U.P. residents call for better energy

By DREYMA BERONJA Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula residents are calling for more reliable and less expensive energy. The bipartisan Energy Reliability, Resilience and Accountability Task Force stopped on Friday at Northern Michigan University to hear from residents and ...

Addressing child seat safety

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Child safety in vehicles has come a long way over the years. Proof of that was seen on Friday when a car safety seat check took place at the Marquette Township Fire Department. Shilpa Jhobalia, parent liaison for the Great Start ...

Six months. 28 US mass killings

NEW YORK (AP) — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of ...

Man working on US-Canada bridge survives plunge into Detroit River

DETROIT (AP) — A man survived after plunging 150 feet into the Detroit River from a bridge connecting Michigan and Canada. The man, identified as a contractor who was working on the Ambassador Bridge, was rescued Wednesday by a crew aboard a Detroit mail delivery boat. “The force of the ...

Document found in Aretha Franklin’s couch is a valid will

PONTIAC (AP) — A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons against each other. It’s a victory for Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin whose ...