MARQUETTE — On Thursday, Northern Michigan University Police Det./Lt. Jon Kovar was awarded the 2025 Officer of the Year award by Marquette County Law Enforcement Administrators Association. Kovar graduated from NMU in 2010 with a degree in criminal justice and in 2021 with a master’s in ...
MARQUETTE — During a joint press conference on Thursday, Marquette County Sheriff Greg Zyburt announced his endorsement of Callie Barr, D-Traverse City, for Michigan's 1st congressional district seat. The seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, who is running for ...
MARQUETTE — In addition to having Naloxone available at the Marquette County Health Department lobby, the Marquette County Health Department recently partnered with area businesses to provide additional options for community members to obtain free Naloxone. Jim’s Jubilee located in Ishpeming and the Modeltown Express gas station located in downtown Gwinn have collaborated with the MCHD to allow a Naloxone distribution box to be placed at their businesses. A Naloxone distribution box is made from a refurbished newspaper box that holds doses of intranasal naloxone. Naloxone boxes ...
LANSING – Public education advocates are pushing for more per-pupil state aid to schools in high-poverty areas and isolated rural communities and for special education students. Alex Stamm is the education policy analyst at the Michigan League for Public Policy, a research and advocacy ...
FROM A NEWS RELEASE MARQUETTE – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey has announced that four visitors to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore were fined and banished from the park for one year after engaging in acts of vandalism there. On July 25, while on a ...
Every March 17, millions of Americans don green clothing, crowd into Irish pubs and toast with emerald-tinted beer to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, boosting the economy by about $7 billion. They'll feast on corned beef and cabbage, watch parades featuring leprechauns and shamrocks and embrace ...
