GWINN — Upper Peninsula Animal Shelter has announced that, due to an emergency intake of 16 large dogs and additional cats on Tuesday from a potential neglect case, it will be temporarily suspending new dog intakes. UPAWS asks the public to call law enforcement if they encounter a stray dog ...
NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP — THE Marquette County Health Department has announced that it is now offering Doxy Pep; a preventive medication that may help reduce the risk of certain bacterial sexually transmitted infections after potential exposure. Doxy Pep may help reduce the risk of chlamydia, ...
ISHPEMING — A west end man and woman have been arrested and charged with keeping children and animals in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. According to troopers from the Michigan State Police post in Negaunee Township, the matter started as a domestic violence investigation at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday. At that time, troopers were dispatched to a residence in Ishpeming Township. Inside the home, troopers found two young children, 16 bloodhound dogs and one cat. Troopers determined that the children and animals were living in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. According to an MSP press ...
HYDE — A two-vehicle collision closed three miles of U.S. 2 and 41 for about four hours Tuesday while emergency services responded. One driver, an elderly man from Escanaba, is dead. Shortly after noon on Tuesday, a crash heard for miles around occurred in Ford River Township on the highway ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette County String Orchestra Society formed in 2025, after Janis Peterson, Wendy Larson and Inga Banitt had the idea to start a community orchestra where everyone was welcome to play. Now, almost a year since their first meeting, they lead an orchestra of over 25 people and ...
FORSYTH TOWNSHIP — On June 22, Gwinn resident Jonathan A. Barnes was arraigned in the 96th District Court in Marquette on the following charges authorized by the Marquette County Prosecutor’s Office: Embezzlement $20,000 to $50,000, which is a felony. On June 18, Barnes was taken into ...
