NEGAUNEE — Negaunee voters will have an opportunity May 5 to consider a millage request from the city to repair and improve the Negaunee Ice arena. Located at 141 Rail St., the facility was built in 1986 using, in part, a Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant. It is the home of the ...

MARQUETTE — On April 25, the Marquette Powwow Committee will be hosting their inaugural traditional Ziigwan Powwow at the Harvey Ojibwa Casino Convention Center. Doors open at 11, and events continue throughout the day. The word ziigwan means spring in Anishinaabemowin. “This particular ...

LANSING — Michigan has cleared nearly 1.6 million criminal convictions under an automatic expungement process that began three years ago, according to new state data. It’s not known exactly how many Michiganders have benefited from the “clean slate” initiative — some people had ...

NEGAUNEE — The city of Negaunee has announced that it has taken possession of a new fire pumper. The pumper was ordered in 2022, for $701,204.00, from Reliant Fire Apparatus of Michigan (formerly Halt Fire, Inc.) The pumper is a Pierce Enforcer PUC. According to the Pierce website, “the ...

MARQUETTE — Marquette County, along with many other counties in Michigan, is under a National Weather Service flood watch this week through Wednesday morning. The combination of a high snowpack and rain means that river levels are rising, and standing water is present in many areas. ...

MARQUETTE — At Monday night’s Marquette City Commission meeting, the commission voted 5-1 in favor of approving the amendments to the Vault/Trestle project in downtown Marquette, which involves the development of the Marquette Savings Bank into a hotel, and the building of an additional ...