MARQUETTE — At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Marquette County Commission, commissioners voted 6-0 in favor of authorizing representatives of the County to enter into discussions and obtain information about possibly recommissioning Sawyer Marquette Regional Airport, in part, as a United ...
MARQUETTE — The 46th annual Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival is set for July 17-19 at Marquette’s Tourist Park. The event website states “The Hiawatha Festival is the only event of its size and scope in (the) Upper Peninsula. Without Hiawatha, local performers and fans would have to ...
MUNISING — The Miners Falls Trail within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore will be temporarily closed to all visitors from June 23-25. Contractors will be conducting soil boring near the upper and lower viewing platforms to inform design plans for a new stair structure, anticipated to be installed in 2027. This temporary closure will not affect access to Miners Castle or Miners Beach. For current park alerts and closure updates, visit www.nps.gov/piro/planyourvisit/conditions.htm Additional information regarding Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore can be found at www.nps.gov/piro ...
MARQUETTE — At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Marquette City Commission, the commission voted unanimously to pass an ordinance which would allow electric mobility devices not greater than 750 watts on the multi-use path, ban reckless riding, and ban the use of mobility devices on sidewalks in the downtown district. The ordinance went into effect immediately upon adoption, and any violations will result in civil infractions. None of these changes will supersede ADA regulations, meaning that, for example, a wheelchair would still be allowed on the sidewalk despite being a mobility ...
MARQUETTE — The "Freedom Monument" was successfully installed recently at the Marquette Veterans Memorial Mall in Harlow Park. Etched with excerpts of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, the monument serves as an educational landmark and functional ...
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 ...
