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Man sought in connection to domestic incident

MARQUETTE — A man wanted in connection to a domestic assault that occurred earlier this summer in the west end is being sought by the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office. Tyler Paquette, 35, is named in a felony warrant issued by the 96th District Court of Marquette County for charges ...

One hurt in 2-vehicle crash

HARVEY — Personnel from the Chocolay Township Police Department are investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday afternoon. According to a CTPD written statement, officers were dispatched to the scene of the incident, which was the intersection of US 41 and M-28 at about 2:17 p.m. Tuesday. The initial investigation has found that the northbound vehicle on US 41 turned left on to Cherry Creek striking a southbound vehicle. One male was transported to Upper Peninsula Health System-Marquette for non-life-threatening injuries. No other injuries were reported and no other ...

Crash involving school bus injures one

IRON RIVER — One person was injured in a two-vehicle crash that took place early Monday morning near Iron River, police said. One of the vehicles involved was a West Iron County school bus, which was legally stopped on U.S. 2, according to the Iron County Sheriff’s Office. The bus had been traveling on U.S. 2 near Sunset Lake Road at about 7 a.m. local time Monday, sheriff’s office officials said in a written statement Monday afternoon. The bus’ flashing lights were properly engaged at the time. An approaching vehicle from the rear of the bus, a Saturn Aura, struck the rear of ...

Final Adopt-A-Highway cleanup of the year 
coming Saturday

MARQUETTE — Call it one of the annual signs of fall: leaves turn, temperatures start to get cooler and thousands of Michigan Department of Transportation Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out across the state to collect litter one final time for the year. The third and final scheduled pickup ...

Milano Smokehouse to remain open

ISHPEMING — The Milano Smokehouse, a butcher shop and restaurant in Ishpeming, has announced it will remain open after an announcement last month that they were considering selling the business. The Milano Smokehouse Facebook account has released a statement that “Since (the announcement ...