ESCANABA — While many of the area’s lighthouses have gone dark over the decades, one familiar to local residents and lighthouse lovers still shines and continues to serve as a warning beacon on Lake Michigan — the Minneapolis Shoal Light Station. Built in 1934 and first lit in 1935, the ...
HOUGHTON — Forty-two year old Houghton County man Joshua LaCasse was sentenced to serve 9 to 20 years in a Michigan state prison Monday for delivery and manufacturing of methamphetamine. LaCasse was arraigned in February on one count of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine, one count of racketeering and two counts of using a computer to commit a crime. LaCasse pleaded guilty to the meth-related charge. The other charges were dropped by the prosecution in exchange for the guilty plea. According to media reporting, LaCasse was arrested in 2025 after an investigation concluded he ...
ISHPEMING — The hosted a check presentation for the 2026 Proactive Grant awardees on Monday, awarding a total of $45,729 in grant funding to organizations serving Marquette County’s West End communities. The Proactive Grant cycles focus on a specific health-related theme to support ...
MARQUETTE — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, House Speaker Matt Hall and other legislative leaders celebrated passage of a balanced and bipartisan budget for fiscal year 2027 that lowers costs, protects access to health care, and makes other key investments to help more families live, work, and play in Michigan. “Today’s balanced, bipartisan budget delivers for every Michigander," said Whitmer. "Over the past seven and a half years, we’ve fixed more roads, supported more students, secured more investments and expanded more rights ...
SKANDIA — The Marquette County Sheriff's Office has released additional information relative to the motorcycle-pick-up truck crash that took place Sunday afternoon in Skandia Township. Pronounced dead at the scene was the adult female passenger on the motorcycle, Lisa Smale, 59 of Christmas. Sheriff's deputies, in a press release, said they had become aware of that there may have been additional witnesses to this crash, which took place at about 1:40 p.m. Sunday the intersection of US 41 and Carlshend Road. Officers ask the public to report any such information to 906-225-8435.
