MARQUETTE — Six residents have put their hats in the ring for the Marquette County Board seat that became vacant after the death of Gerry Corkin. According to the Marquette County Clerk’s office, the board is expected to consider which of the candidates would be most suitable for the ...
By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — More than a dozen high school students from Brimley Area Schools participated in a program to create habitats for rabbits and other small animals. The students participated in a project which saw them install trail cameras and build habitats for rabbits and ...
By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — Medical students from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, U.P. Campus, were named to receive the Mazzuchi Scholarship. The six recipients are Robert Dubisky, Katrina Elzinga, Lloyd Mercier, Karmyn Polakowski, Lindsay Sandell and Caleb ...
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON — Last year, a teenager in a small Michigan town killed himself after an online chat turned to demands that he pay money to keep intimate photos secret. He was one of dozens of people targeted online by two men extradited from Nigeria ...
By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — Grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will revitalize two lakeside parks in Marquette County. The Marquette County Planning Division was awarded $997,600 in Spark grant funding for the revitalization of Little Trout Lake Park at K.I. ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Zoey Felix’s short life was filled with turbulence. Before the 5-year-old Topeka girl was raped and killed, worried neighbors say they saw her wandering, dirty and hungry. Police were called to her home dozens of times. Teachers raised alarms when she missed ...