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Two campers found dead on Isle Royale

MARQUETTE — Two unidentified campers were found dead on Isle Royale Sunday. The National Parks Service says that at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday park rangers at the Isle Royale National Park received two individual reports of two people found dead at a remote backcountry campground on the ...

Forsyth man charged with four counts of criminal sexual conduct

GWINN — A Forsyth Township man has been arrested and charged with four counts of criminal sexual conduct. According to the Forsyth Township Police Department, which is the investigating agency in the case, Jonathan Damarr Bostick, 35, was arraigned in the 96th District Court in Marquette on ...

Donated truck used for Jaws of Life training

BRUCE CROSSING — Any first responder or emergency worker will tell you that realistic training, the kind that puts participants in authentic situations, not only desirable but absolutely essential as far as professional preparation is concerned. That was the situation in Bruce Crossing ...

UPHS staff to rally amidst contract negotiations

MARQUETTE — In the midst of contract negotiations, about 600 workers are demanding fair contracts that help put Upper Peninsula patients first. Registered nurses and technicians from the U.P. Health System-Marquette, will hold a community rally on June 16 to send Lifepoint Health, who owns ...

Four identified in connection with Culver’s threats

MARQUETTE — Four juveniles have been identified in connection to alleged threats made Sunday against the Culver’s restaurant in Marquette Township. The four, who have not been identified publicly, apparently made the threats via telephone calls to the restaurant, Michigan State Police ...

Soo business cleans up illegally dumped tires

KINROSS — The small mountain of old, worn out tires illegally dumped in the woods and found several weeks ago near Chippewa County’s Kinross off M-80 almost certainly were put there by someone associated with a commercial enterprise. That’s the conclusion of the owner of U.P. Tire of ...