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Pair arrested, charged in online child sex case

MUNISING — On March 13, an undercover operation was conducted by law enforcement personnel from the Alger County Sheriff’s Office, Michigan State Police, Munising City Police Department, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Forsyth Township Police Department. The operation, ...

City of Marquette releases Climate Action Survey

MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette has released a Climate Action Survey as part of their creation of a city-wide Climate Action Plan. The survey is open to all Marquette residents. The creation of a Climate Action Plan was outlined in both the city’s Master Plan and Strategic Plan. “A ...

Lawsuit against the Marquette County dismissed

MARQUETTE — During Tuesday night’s meeting of the Marquette County Board, the County’s civil council made a privileged comment relating to the lawsuit against the county filed by Mark Hangen related to the county taking ownership of the Fixed Base Operator at Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport. “Marquette County was involved in a pending lawsuit,” said the County’s civil council. “And this pending lawsuit was filed by Mark Hangen against the county of Marquette. And it is my pleasure to tell the county that that case was dismissed on April 17th … Essentially there were ...

No IDs in fatal Munising fire

MUNISING — Names of the people involved in the house fire in the city of Munising Thursday night that killed one house occupant have not been released, police said late Friday. The deceased, a three year old, died in the home that burned on West Superior Street, according to Alger County officials. Dispatched by Alger County Central Dispatch, firefighters arrived on scene just before 6 p.m. Thursday but the structure was fully engulfed by the fire. Firefighters departed the scene at about 11 p.m. The investigation into the cause of the fire continues. A number of fire departments ...

NMU to host annual City Nature Challenge

MARQUETTE — This weekend, from today until Monday, Marquette County will be participating in the City Nature Challenge, an annual global citizen science initiative to log as many species observations as possible over the same four-day period. These observations are logged in the app ...