MARQUETTE — He’s making a list and checking it twice — just not on the first Friday in December. The annual Downtown Marquette Winter Snow Fun Holiday Parade will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, leading from Third Street down to the Marquette Commons. “Bundle up with ...

ISHPEMING — Ely Township has purchased nearly 20 acres of the Barnes Hecker Mine property and surrounding lands and have a goal to set up a memorial park in time for the 100th anniversary of the tragedy. The Barnes Hecker Mine disaster was a cave-in that took place in November 1926 and saw ...

MARQUETTE — Marquette Police Department officers were called to a location off Presque Isle Avenue in north Marquette Wednesday morning to the scene of an apparent suicide. Several people posted on social media that a body was observed during their early morning commute. The suicide was ...

ISHPEMING — A fire broke out in the Country Village in Ishpeming, but no significant damage was done, thanks to the fast reactions of Ishpeming emergency services. The fire took place in the Country Village Laundromat, just after 8 p.m. Tuesday. A local business owner in the Country Village ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — A pair of eastern Upper Peninsula men have been arrested and arraigned on child-related sex charges. Both arrests came after investigations by the Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Mason Lee Charles Harger-Laporte, 29 ...

MARQUETTE — The long-abandoned ore dock that's situated in Marquette's Lower Harbor is a reminder of the city's storied connection to both Lake Superior and mining operations on the iron range. Built in 1931 and idled since 1971, the 900-plus foot structure of steel and concrete once loaded ...