MARQUETTE — Beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Kognisjon Bryggeri will present its fourth annual Alfablot costume party, concert and beer release event. The event is all ages and there is no cost to attend. “We've assembled a night of heavy music, horror movies, and beer releases to bring in ...
CHATHAM — At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Rock River Township Board, the board voted to repeal the township’s zoning ordinance. The township planning commission had voted back in September to recommend that the board put the issue of the zoning ordinance up to a vote of the people, but ...
NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee City Council Wednesday in special session voted 5-2 in favor of following City Manager Nate Heffron’s recommendation to terminate City Treasurer Brian Downing. Heffron recommended Downing be fired based on a failure to show up to work, as well as for insubordination. According to the city charter, the city treasurer is hired and removed by the city manager, but only subject to council approval. Downing claims that both the leave and the insubordination were connected to his belief that Heffron had been committing fraud. “Last December, the United States ...
ESCANABA — An Illinois man has been arrested after allegedly scamming an Escanaba resident out of over a half million dollars. 34-year-old Zhong Jiang, a resident of Orland Hills, Illinois, was arraigned in the Delta County 94th District Court on Monday. Jiang faces one count of larceny ...
DELTA COUNTY — Three cases of measles have been confirmed in Delta County, announced Public Health of Delta & Menominee Counties on Wednesday afternoon. “The health department is working with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the cases and notify anyone who may be exposed,” said PHDM in the release. The last time measles appeared in the two-county jurisdiction was 1989. These are the first cases in the Upper Peninsula in 2026. The highly-contagious airborne disease’s common symptoms are high fever, rash, cough and red eyes. The severity and ...
MARQUETTE — During Tuesday night’s meeting of the Marquette County Board of Commissioners, the commission voted 3-2 to appoint Margaret Brumm to the District 1 seat vacated by former commissioner Karl Numinen, in which the unexpired term lasts until Dec. 31. Brumm is currently running as ...
