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City council votes to increase solid waste collection fees

ISHPEMING — The city of Ishpeming held its monthly city council meeting on Wednesday evening and discussed the possibility of increasing garbage fees in the city. With the landfill fees increasing, the council pondered the idea of increasing garbage collection fees to combat the rising ...

Potential brownfield housing development proposed to board authority

MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette’s Brownfield Redevelopment Authority discussed a proposed project at 401 W. Washington St. on Wednesday evening. The proposed building, the former Northern Hydroponics business, has been condemned for the past few years, after being damaged by a storm in ...

Sea lamprey control planned for Lake Michigan tributary

MARQUETTE — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel will soon apply lampricides to the Upper Manistique River tributaries in Alger, Luce and Schoolcraft counties to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. Applications will be conducted between July 29-Aug. 7, Fish and ...

Police searching for missing mother, child

HANNAHVILLE — A missing mother and child has police on alert in Delta County. The Hannahville Police Department is currently looking for five year old male, Arlo Johnson. Arlo was last seen in Wilson (Hannahville) with his mother, Selena Williams, on Wednesday evening. If anyone has ...

Get to know your candidates: U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet

MARQUETTE — With candidates announcing their intention to run to represent Michigan’s First Congressional District in Washington D.C., incumbent candidate U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, will once again be running to represent the people of the district. The First Congressional ...

45th Annual Hiawatha Music Festival around corner

MARQUETTE – Starting this weekend, the Hiawatha Music Festival will return to Marquette, lasting from Friday to Sunday at Tourist Park. Weekend tickets are priced at $150, $10 for kids ages 6 through 12 and children five or under are free. Single day tickets vary with Friday being $45, ...