MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy released another statement regarding air quality for Friday and Saturday of this week. EGLE says that on Saturday, air quality is expected to move from “hazardous” to “very unhealthy” in the Upper ...
MARQUETTE — The Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival, which is celebrating its 46th annual event this weekend, has announced that it expects the festival to continue despite poor air quality. In a statement released Thursday morning, the Hiawatha Music Co-op said that “Festival ...
MARQUETTE — At approximately 8:38 p.m. on Thursday, Chocolay Township Police were called to assist with a stranded motorist. The officer arrived on scene to find that the driver was a missing person, Gary Eicher, 74, from Green Bay, Wisconsin. The officer contacted authorities from Wisconsin and made them aware, and Eicher was transported to UP Health System for care, awaiting reunification with his family. A statewide Silver Alert was issued in Wisconsin for Eicher on Tuesday. Chocolay Township Police thanked the passerby that stopped to check on Eicher and then called 911 to ...
MARQUETTE — On Tuesday, Michigan gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson (R) held a meet-and-greet event at Vango’s in Marquette. Johnson, a businessman, is running in the Republican primary against United States Representative John James and former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox. ...
MARQUETTE — Hazardous levels of wildfire smoke will continue through at least today in the Upper Peninsula, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. As of Thursday, the entire state of Michigan was experiencing air quality in the “hazardous” range. ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, joined fellow representatives John James, Lisa McClain and John Moolenaar in addressing Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to demand “immediate action” on wildfires in Ontario which are causing hazardous air quality across the state of Michigan. “Our constituents in Michigan are once again under air quality alerts,” reads the letter. “Our hospitals are once again treating children, dialysis patients and older residents for the effects of smoke that did not originate anywhere near them. This is the third consecutive ...
