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Abdul El-Sayed, AOC, Anna Aho Rink, Ranjeev Puri stage rally

MARQUETTE — On Thursday night, Michigan Senatorial candidate Dr. was joined by U.S Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, state congressional candidate Anna Aho Rink and Michigan House Minority Leader Ranjeev Puri at a packed rally at Northern Michigan University’s Vandament Arena attended by ...

Grants help communities stretch budgets by approving renewable energy projects

SANDS — Michigan’s Renewables Ready Communities Awards are providing extra funding to encourage local governments to move forward on large-scale renewable energy projects and the recipients including Sands Township in Marquette County are using the money for local projects, including park ...

Wet conditions continue to impede firefighting efforts as containment

UPPER PENINSULA — The several wildland fires across the Upper Peninsula are being increasingly contained by firefighting crews, which are battling against hazardous conditions caused by a week of wet weather. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reports that the Ridge Fire was at ...

Craig Lake Fire at 50% containment



UPPER PENINSULA — Wildfires continue to burn across the Upper Peninsula as firefighters get closer to containment. As of Wednesday, the Ridge Fire was estimated to be 434 acres and 20% contained. That fire is located 10 miles northwest of Marquette and north of the Dead River Basin, ...

Man arraigned after Schoolcraft County shooting

MANISTIQUE — A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening another person with a gun and firing shots at a vehicle in Thompson Township Guy Vertz, 42, was arraigned Thursday afternoon in the Schoolcraft County 93rd Judicial District Court on two counts of felonious assault with a ...

$23 Million for Michigan projects including two in U.P.

MARQUETTE — A $23 million state investment to support nine projects across Michigan, including two in the Upper Peninsula, has been announced with the funding expected to leverage nearly $118 million in federal support. The investments, made through the Make it in Michigan Competitiveness ...