MARQUETTE — The wet weather over the past few days has significantly lowered fire activity at the various wildland fires across the Upper Peninsula. However, wet weather also creates difficult, hazardous conditions for the people fighting those fires, and rain alone will not put them out. ...
NEGAUNEE — The city of Negaunee’s treasurer, Brian Downing, has been placed on unpaid suspension and banned from city hall, according to City Manager Nate Heffron. The suspension, which officially began Oct. 2 for five days and renewed Monday for five additional days, is because of job ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to fill a District 1 vacancy following Commissioner Karl Numinen’s resignation, effective immediately Tuesday. Numinen, who did not attend Tuesday’s board meeting, submitted his resignation in an email to ...
MUNISING — The search for Starla Goings continues as authorities ask volunteers to aid in another ground search to be held this month. Volunteers are to meet at 9 a.m. Oct. 24 at 16 Mile Lake Fire Hall in Munising. Goings, a 65-year-old woman from Alger County, has been missing since August ...
MARQUETTE — Eli Savit, current prosecuting attorney of Washtenaw County and Democratic nominee for Michigan Attorney General, made a stop in Marquette recently as part of a larger campaign tour of the Upper Peninsula. This was Savit’s 7th campaign visit to the U.P., with stops in Sault ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette Wallpaper and Paint announced on Wednesday that the business would be closing in a month or two after 80 years at the corner of Third and Main in downtown Marquette. “Darryl (Hamari) is going to enjoy a well-deserved retirement after 51 years at the paint store, ...
