LANSING — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that Michigan should “close things down” to help address the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak, days after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer instead urged people to voluntarily restrict certain activities. Dr. ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University officials said the university is pausing its administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Its vaccination clinics were to taken place today and Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control and the Food and Drug Administration have ...
HOUGHTON -- The Michigan State Police are currently conducting an investigation of an officer-involved shooting that took place in Houghton County Monday night, Michigan State Police Eight District Public Information Officer Lt. Mark Giannunzio confirmed in a phone interview this morning. The ...
MARQUETTE — Dr. Bob Lorinser will continue as medical director for the Marquette County Health Department. Lorinser, who took over the reins as director in November following the resignation of Dr. Kevin Piggott, earlier this year had indicated he was resigning from the ...
MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Transportation and Marquette Township officials will hold a virtual public meeting at 6 p.m. April 20 to discuss the upcoming U.S. 41/M-28 rebuilding project. The presentation will provide information on a $9.2 million project to resurface nearly ...
MARQUETTE — It’s business as usual, at least for the time being, for area school districts. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday recommended a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining as a result of the statewide surge in COVID-19 ...
WASHINGTON — Washington will rush federal resources to support vaccinations, testing and treatments, but not vaccines, to Michigan in an effort to control the state’s worst-in-the-nation COVID-19 outbreak, the White House said Friday. The announcement came as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ...
MARQUETTE — On Thursday, Sawyer International Airport was one of five airports that each will be awarded roughly $1 million. The U.S. Department of Transportation will award Ford Airport, Delta Airport, Sawyer International Airport, Houghton County Memorial Airport and Chippewa County ...
MARQUETTE — The Downtown Marquette Farmers Market has announced a new feature for its upcoming 22nd season in hopes of getting more businesses, organizations and groups engaged with the community. Groups will be able to sign up for the Community Table to promote their products, initiatives ...
WALLED LAKE — Once a stop on the Underground Railroad and home to a Michigan icon of the suffrage movement, this 1833 landmark in Walled Lake got some TLC recently as local businesses came together to replace the home’s windows. The Banks-Dolbeer-Bradley-Foster farmhouse served as a depot ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This feature, written by 8-18 Media Reporter Anja McBride, 16, is the first in a series of two 8-18 Media articles about a northern Michigan native’s involvement in NASA’s Mars 2020 project. The second part will be published in the April 17-18 weekend edition of The ...
LANSING — Michigan residents worry a lack of environmental education threatens the state’s defining feature, the Great Lakes, according to a recent study. Focus groups from both peninsulas identified environmental threats for coastal communities and called for education on how to be better ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University will receive an allocation of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, with clinics to start on Tuesday, the school announced Friday. NMU’s Ada B. Vielmetti Health Center confirmed that it will be receiving the allotment, and because the vaccine ...
LANSING — Faced with the country’s highest rate of new coronavirus infections, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday urged a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining. She stopped short of ordering restrictions, instead asking for ...
MARQUETTE — Rodger Johnson has pretty much been through it all in life. Just 96 years young, the World War II Navy veteran served at the beaches of Normandy in the D-Day invasion. Johnson resides at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans, where he’s spent the last 13 months in quarantine ...
MUNISING — The past year has been filled with challenges for the Alger County Transit Authority, commonly known as Altran. However, the authority has worked to make rides easily accessible for Alger County residents during the pandemic. Altran was closed for over a month and a half in 2020 ...
MARQUETTE — An orientation for residents interested in joining the new Civil Air Patrol Squadron that is coming to Sawyer International Airport will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. Greg Durand, president of the Marquette County Flying Club, will host the orientation at the Sawyer Heritage ...
MARQUETTE — One person was hospitalized after a structure fire in the city of Marquette Tuesday night. The Marquette City Fire Department was dispatched to 326 Summit St. around 6:46 p.m. due to reports of a structure fire at the address. Upon arrival at 6:51 p.m., firefighters encountered ...
MARQUETTE — The B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant is believed to be related to the current COVID-19 surge in Marquette County and appears to result in a greater degree of illness than previously seen, the Marquette County Health Department has announced. Dr. Bob Lorinser, MCHD medical director, ...