BOIS BLANC ISLAND — On Monday, March 9, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Chippewa County Central Dispatch notified Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office of an active incident on Bois Blanc Island. CCCD advised that they were speaking to a 63-year-old female that resides on the island who was ...
GOGEBIC COUNTY — In late 2025, Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team investigators obtained information that Megan Danielle Benton and Cynthia Lee Sullivan, along with known and unknown co-conspirators, had been bringing large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin to Gogebic County and Iron ...
MARQUETTE – There has always been a shortage of special education teachers and the turnover rate is high, according to the Learning Disabilities Association of America. In Michigan, more than 3% of special education teaching positions are vacant, the highest vacancy rate of all types of teachers included in a recent report from the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative. Two of the biggest factors contributing to the shortage are low teacher pay and lack of support with caseloads, said Alex Stamm, the education policy analyst at the Michigan League for Public Policy, a research ...
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MARQUETTE — The entire Upper Peninsula was under a winter storm warning on Friday, but that was only a preview of what may be just around the corner. “Right now, we’ve got this clipper system that is rolling over northern Wisconsin and over Lower Michigan and that brought us a swatch of ...
