MARQUETTE — Following widespread damage caused by runoff of a rapidly melting snow pack in warm weather exacerbated by rainfall, Marquette County Board of Commissioners Chairman Gerald Corkin on Monday declared a local state of emergency. These agencies were activated to support the ...

MARQUETTE — Registered voters living in Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency school districts will vote on the 20-year special education millage proposal in May. “We currently have a structural deficit in our RESA boundary,” Marquette-Alger RESA Superintendent Greg Nyen ...

MUNISING — Munising School Public Library will celebrate Earth Fest with a week full of activities began Monday and ends on Earth Day, which is Saturday. This is the first Earth Fest that Munising will be hosting. Earth Fest director Joan Potter-Sommer said the idea came from when she ...

MARQUETTE — It might be elephant toothpaste in name only, but area youngsters recently got the chance to watch a chemical reaction to create this frothy wonder. Northern Michigan University’s Seaborg Center was the site of Saturday’s College for Kids Jr., or what it termed “hands-on ...

NEGAUNEE — The city of Negaunee is taking steps to save a historic building. By consensus at Thursday’s meeting, Negaunee’s City Council will allow City Manager Nate Heffron to look for funding options and ways to restore the Vista Theater. Heffron, along with the Peninsula Arts ...