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Fatal motorcycle crash in Marinette County

MARINETTE, Wisconsin — Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller reports that at 12:54 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, Marinette County Dispatch was notified of a single motorcycle crash that happened on County Highway Z near Fur Farm Drive in the Town of Beecher. The caller, who was an off-duty Marinette County Sheriff’s Office patrol sergeant, reported coming upon the crash on the side of the roadway. The investigation indicates that a Harley Davidson trike operated by Gary I. Yaggie, age 74, of Dunbar, Wisconsin was traveling east on County Highway Z when he failed to negotiate a curve ...

Marquette Harbor Rotary to host annual Fish Boil

MARQUETTE — From 5-10 p.m. this Saturday, Marquette Harbor Rotary will be hosting its annual Fish Boil dinner and auction at the Lake Superior Theatre Yacht Yard. The Fish Boil is Harbor Rotary’s annual fundraiser, which it has been hosting for the past 30 years. Over the course of that ...

Menominee man sentenced to 17 months – 5 years for probation violation

MENOMINEE — Edward Richard Hollston, Jr., 38, of Menominee, was sentenced to a term of 17 months to 5 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for a probation violation of an underlying conviction for operating while intoxicated. According to publicly-filed documents and information presented in open court, Hollsten was sentenced for the OWI third conviction in October, 2023, to a 10 months local jail term and placed on 3 years of probation. Hollsten violated his probation by consuming alcohol in March 2025, August 2025 and December 2025, with a blood alcohol concentration of ...

Lawmakers call on MDOC to expand new officer pay increases statewide

ESCANABA — Dozens of Michigan lawmakers are pressing the Michigan Department of Corrections to expand recently announced pay raises for new correctional officer recruits to all state prisons, rather than limiting them to five facilities in the Upper Peninsula. Last week, 36 state ...

Gwinn Fun Daze set for Saturday

GWINN — The Gwinn Lions Club will be holding its annual Gwinn Fun Daze event on Saturday at Peter Nordeen Park. At 9 a.m., the 5K Fun Run/walk will begin. The entry fee is $30 the day of the event or $25 in advance, and all proceeds go toward the childhood cancer program. All participants ...