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U.P. Dream Days author Breesa Culver to host book release party

MARQUETTE — From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, "U.P. Dream Days" author Breesa Culver will be hosting a book release party and cookie potluck at U.P. Supply Co. in Marquette. Prizes will be raffled out to those who bring cookies to share. U.P. Dream Days is a new kind of guidebook about the ...

UPAWS at capacity, not accepting new dogs

GWINN — Upper Peninsula Animal Shelter has announced that, due to an emergency intake of 16 large dogs and additional cats on Tuesday from a potential neglect case, it will be temporarily suspending new dog intakes. UPAWS asks the public to call law enforcement if they encounter a stray dog ...

Marquette County Health Department now offering Doxy Pep

NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP — THE Marquette County Health Department has announced that it is now offering Doxy Pep; a preventive medication that may help reduce the risk of certain bacterial sexually transmitted infections after potential exposure. Doxy Pep may help reduce the risk of chlamydia, ...

Domestic violence probe leads to child abuse, animal neglect arrests

ISHPEMING — A west end man and woman have been arrested and charged with keeping children and animals in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. According to troopers from the Michigan State Police post in Negaunee Township, the matter started as a domestic violence investigation at 8:10 p.m. ...

Crash on US 2 & 41 leaves one dead

HYDE — A two-vehicle collision closed three miles of U.S. 2 and 41 for about four hours Tuesday while emergency services responded. One driver, an elderly man from Escanaba, is dead. Shortly after noon on Tuesday, a crash heard for miles around occurred in Ford River Township on the highway ...