Naloxone available at 2 new community locations

March 14, 2026

MARQUETTE — In addition to having Naloxone available at the Marquette County Health Department lobby, the Marquette County Health Department recently partnered with area businesses to provide additional options for community members to obtain free Naloxone. Jim’s Jubilee located in Ishpeming and the Modeltown Express gas station located in downtown Gwinn have collaborated with the MCHD to allow a Naloxone distribution box to be placed at their businesses. A Naloxone distribution box is made from a refurbished newspaper box that holds doses of intranasal naloxone. Naloxone boxes ...

Why Michigan’s rural schools wrestle with funding, staffing challenges

March 14, 2026

LANSING – Public education advocates are pushing for more per-pupil state aid to schools in high-poverty areas and isolated rural communities and for special education students. Alex Stamm is the education policy analyst at the Michigan League for Public Policy, a research and advocacy ...

Visitors caught defacing Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore property fined $500 each and banished for one year

March 13, 2026

FROM A NEWS RELEASE MARQUETTE – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey has announced that four visitors to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore were fined and banished from the park for one year after engaging in acts of vandalism there. On July 25, while on a ...

Corned beef, green beer and the American remix of St. Patrick’s Day

March 13, 2026

Every March 17, millions of Americans don green clothing, crowd into Irish pubs and toast with emerald-tinted beer to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, boosting the economy by about $7 billion. They'll feast on corned beef and cabbage, watch parades featuring leprechauns and shamrocks and embrace ...

St. Vincent de Paul launches $1.2 million capital campaign

March 13, 2026

MARQUETTE — The Marquette District of St. Vincent de Paul has officially launched a $1.2 million capital campaign aimed at renovating its 2119 Presque Isle Ave. location. “Just over four years ago, 10 of our Vincentians formed a revitalization committee, because they were concerned that ...

Tavaris Jackson found guilty on all counts

March 13, 2026

ESCANABA – A jury has found Tavaris Jackson guilty on all counts in the 2023 killing of 22-year-old Harley Corwin, bringing an end to a closely watched trial in Delta County. The verdict was delivered Thursday in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court following a trial that began with jury ...