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Child porn probe includes arrest

MARINETTE — Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller reports on Feb. 25, Marinette County Sheriff’s Office detectives, with the assistance of the Marinette County Joint Special Response Team, executed a search warrant in the city of Peshtigo. The search warrant was executed as part of an ...

Delta County murder trial officially underway

ESCANABA – The murder trial of Tavaris Jackson is officially underway in Delta County’s 47th Circuit Court after a jury was selected Tuesday morning. Jackson, 35, faces one count of open murder – a felony punishable by up to life in prison – in the death of 22-year-old Harley ...

Local veterinarian to judge Iditarod

MARQUETTE — Dr. Tim Hunt of the Bayshore Veterinary Hospital in Harvey has been involved in the sport of mushing since 1995. Now he is on his way to Alaska to judge the Iditarod, the famed 1,000+ mile sled-dog race from Seward to Nome. Hunt is no stranger to the Iditarod, which is known as ...

Michigan pushes toward 100% clean energy by 2040 despite funding cuts

LANSING – Michigan’s current renewable energy target is 50% by 2030 and 60% by 2035, with a goal of 100% clean energy by 2040. However, meeting that timeline presents significant obstacles, experts say. The effort comes as utilities, state regulators and local governments navigate ...

Fatal sled crash in Whitefish Township

SAULT STE. MARIE — At approximately 3:20 p.m. last Saturday, troopers from the Michigan State Police post in Sault Ste. Marie responded to a report of a serious snowmobile crash on West Green Shack Road near South Chippewa Hunt Club Row. The preliminary investigation found that the driver of ...

U.P. Home Health & Hospice earns third star in We Honor Veterans program

MARQUETTE — U.P. Home Health & Hospice has been recognized with its third star in the We Honor Veterans program, a national initiative that strengthens hospice and home health care for America’s Veterans and their families. We Honor Veterans is a program of the National Alliance for ...