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Zombies are coming to Marquette

MARQUETTE — Saturday will see hordes of undead, ghouls and more Halloween creatures invading Marquette for the annual Zombie Pub Crawl hosted by the Nerds of Marquette. The event is a doubleheader with the Pub Crawl and a Horrorball, both events are for those ages 18 and up, and 21 and up ...

UP lawmakers respond to state budget

In addition to a massive boost in road funding, the Michigan budget finalized early Friday includes a continuation of school breakfast and lunch programs and dedicated transportation funding for rural districts, Upper Peninsula lawmakers said. The final framework reduces the state budget from ...

Hazard training in Marquette

MARQUETTE— The Michigan State Police Hazardous Material Training Unit visited Marquette and performed training recently. "This two-day workshop . ...offer(ed) 15 local first responder’s hands on training specific to safely responding to hazardous material incidents, minimizing health and ...

A reflection on NMU’s 1975 NCAA win

MARQUETTE— One of the most legendary sports moments in Northern Michigan University history was when the Wildcats football team went from worst to first by winning the 1975 NCAA District II championship. Now, 50 years later nearly all the team is gathered to commemorate it this weekend at ...

Senatorial candidates: Rachel Howard

MARQUETTE — Rachel Howard, a first time political candidate, has thrown her hat in the ring for the 2026 U.S. senate election in Michigan. Howard served as a combat medic in the Michigan Army National Guard from 2005 to 2019, has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and is one of 500 ...