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Man pleads no contest to murder charge

ESCANABA — A man who stabbed and killed his coworker on Aug. 13 has pleaded no contest to one count of homicide – murder in the second degree in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court. Kaw Tung, 38, was taken to court Wednesday from the Delta County Jail for arraignment. His attorney, ...

UPHS-Marquette names Teresa Perry CFO

FROM A NEWS RELEASE MARQUETTE — UP Health System–Marquette has announced that Teresa Perry has been named chief financial officer. Perry brings more than 17 years of experience within UP Health System to the role. Most recently, she served as chief financial officer at UP Health ...

Michigan spent $1.1M probing tribal boarding schools, then buried the results

Michigan spent three years and $1.1 million to study the state’s Native American boarding schools, then refused to release the report to the public. Michigan officials blasted the report as too “shoddy” to show to the public, while the Native American firm hired to conduct the study ...

Deep freeze

MARQUETTE — An extreme cold watch is in effect beginning tonight and running through Saturday afternoon for Baraga, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Menominee, Gogebic, Keweenaw, Houghton and Ontonagon counties. “Wind chills will fall into the -25 to -35 range starting (tonight), when ...

Missing Gwinn man found deceased

GWINN — A Gwinn man missing for several days has been found deceased in a rural area of Forsyth Township. Jamie Willis, 46, was last seen at his residence on Maple Hill Drive, in Gwinn, at around 10 p.m. Monday, according to the Forsyth Township Police Department, the agency that handled the ...

Whitmer to deliver 2026 State of the State Address on Feb. 25 

LANSING – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her final State of the State Address at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25. The address will be held in the Michigan House Chambers in front of a joint session of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate and broadcast live throughout ...