MARQUETTE – The state budget has cut funding for the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program this year but it won’t reduce money for controlling invasive sea lampreys. The Legislature and governor this month reduced the annual appropriation for the program from $3.6 million to $2.4 ...

ESCANABA — Current 108th District state House Rep. Dave Prestin, R-Cedar River, has announced he will run for the 38th District state Senate seat in 2026. The state Senate’s 38th District encompasses almost the entirety of the U.P., with the exception of parts of Mackinac and Chippewa ...

MARQUETTE — The Lake Superior Art Association announces the 2025-26 Visual Arts Grants to provide funding for any person, group, or organization in Marquette county that needs financial assistance to purchase art supplies. Five thousand dollars in grants may be distributed among grant ...

MARQUETTE — Trick-or-treat times for several Upper Peninsula municipalities have been announced. They are as follows: BARAGA: 4-7 p.m. BARK RIVER: 4-6 p.m. ESCANABA: 5-7 p.m. GLADSTONE: 5-7 p.m. GWINN: 5-7 p.m. HANCOCK: 5-7 p.m. HOUGHTON: 5-7 p.m. ISHPEMING: 4-7 p.m. ISHPEMING ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on. The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in ...