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Art on the Rocks winners announced

MARQUETTE — The Lake Superior Art Association presented the 66th Annual Art on the Rocks Fine Art Show July 25-26, at Mattson Lower Harbor Park in Marquette. Art on the Rocks is a juried fine art fair hosted on the last full weekend of July each year. Art on the Rocks featured over 100 ...

Police chase ends in prison sentence

MENOMINEE — A man who led police on a chase reaching speeds of over 100 miles per hour in Menominee County has been sentenced to prison. Troy John Hummel, 37, of Daggett, was sentenced Friday in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court to a prison term of two to 10 years for one felony count ...

Vehicle-pedestrian crash results in death

BARAGA — Police have not released the name of the pedestrian struck and killed by a passing vehicle in Baraga late Monday night. According to the preliminary examination by the Michigan State Police from the Calumet post, the crash took place at about 10:20 p.m. Monday on U.S. 41 near the Baraga Lakeside Inn. Spl/Lt. Ashley Miller, Michigan State Police Seventh District Public Information Officer said a 66-year-old man was traveling southwest on U.S. 41 when a 50-year-old-woman entered the roadway on foot. The driver, who has not been identified publicly, told police that he was ...

Hummingbirds favor Superiorland

MARQUETTE — Some backyard bird watchers in and around Superiorland report that the usual number of hummingbirds, a favorite to observe and photograph, were late arriving to the area. Renowned for their incredible agility, hummingbirds can hover in place and fly backwards, forward, sideways ...

Man receives prison for OWI, third offense

MENOMINEE — A Wallace man with a lengthy criminal record was sentenced to 2 years, 7 months in state prison for operating while intoxicated, third (or subsequent) offense and as a habitual offender, second offense. In an announcement by Menominee County Prosecutor Jeffrey T. Rogg, David ...

Bad intersection paint job is repaired

MARQUETTE — Casual passersby might simply call it an oops but Marquette city officials were something less than happy with the paint job on a busy city intersection that followed a major road project downtown. The intersection at issue is Fourth and West Washington streets, and the errant ...