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Scientists update geological map of U.P., northern Wisconsin

MARQUETTE — In the summer, the U.S. Geological Survey began large-scale low-level airplane flights over the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin.  The goal of the project is to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition to depths of approximately ...

Salvation Army: Bell ringers needed

MARQUETTE — The Salvation Army of Marquette County is looking for a few good, well, bell ringers, to help support the myriad programs the agency operates locally. According to Cari Detmers, Salvation Army director of development, the agency positions the familiar bell ringers and red kettles ...

Drummond Island man arrested for child sexually abusive activity

DRUMMOND ISLAND — The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has announced the arrest of Jacob Bruce Bergum, 34 of Drummond Island, for child sexually abusive activity – aggravated and using a computer to commit a crime, according to an MSP ...

Graduating MSP class will see five come to the Upper Peninsula

MARQUETTE — Michigan communities will soon benefit from the addition of 50 state troopers who graduated this afternoon from the 149th Trooper Recruit School. Brad Renwick, Canon Rose, Nathan Wascher, Simon Rajala, and Zack Sacket will be the five MSP troopers who will join law enforcement ...

Whitmer asks US Supreme Court to weigh state immunity in Line 5 case

After a federal appeals court held that Michigan is not immune to legal action for its decision to revoke a Canadian energy company’s easement to operate a pipeline in the Great Lakes, the Whitmer Administration is seeking an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. In a petition filed ...