MARQUETTE — On Monday, former Marquette mayor Jenna Smith announced that she would be running for the District 3 seat of the Marquette County Board of Commissioners as a Democrat.  “With seven years of experience as a Marquette City commissioner, including three years as mayor, and deep ...

LANSING – A bill introduced by House Democrats would allow qualified patients to request medically assisted death.  Medically assisted death – also known as medically assisted suicide, medical aid in dying and physician-assisted death – involves patients taking a lethal medication ...

MARQUETTE — Last Thursday, the Marquette County Planning Division held a public meeting at Barrel and Beam to receive input from area residents on planned updates to the Marquette County 2040 Master Plan, as part of their ongoing Map the Future series. “In our master plan for 2040, the ...

City created as port to ship iron ore MARQUETTE — According to legend, what is now the city of Marquette was founded for the pursuit of “truth, intelligence, integrity, and Christian morality.”  Much of the city’s growth paralleled developments in the iron mining industry, which ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads connected the expanding republic, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. Through these ...