MARQUETTE— Jesse Koenig, who currently serves as a student success advisor at Northern Michigan University, has been named the next Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate. Beverly Matherne has served as the U.P. Poet Laureate since 2023 and prepares to wrap up her term. As part of her duties as ...

MARQUETTE – The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, in partnership with the Small Business Association of Michigan, has announced that open enrollment for the Nurture Benefits pilot begins Saturday. The program offers licensed and license-exempt child care ...

MARQUETTE — Tickets are now on sale for the annual Marquette County Police & Firefighters’ Ball, taking place from 6-11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Northern Center at Northern Michigan University. Organized by the Marquette County Police & Firefighters’ Ball Board of ...

WASHINGTON — A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track after a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to break the impasse in what has become a deepening disruption of federal programs and services, the longest in history. What's in and out of the ...