By Journal Staff ST. IGNACE — The Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man killed in a plane crash that occurred around 9:49 p.m. Friday near the Mackinac County Airport in St. Ignace as Ronald Steven Dague, 64, of East Troy, Wisconsin, an assistant district attorney with ...
MARQUETTE — Lumi is coming to Marquette soon. Lumi is Finnish for “snow,” and although it inevitably will hit the area in copious amounts when the cold weather comes, a different sort of Lumi will make an appearance in the city this week. Ryan Brandt, an adjunct teacher at Northern ...
MARQUETTE — The United Way campaign kicks off with a 75th anniversary event from 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday at the Peninsula Medical Center in Marquette. The event will take place in the atrium, just inside the main entrance, where United Way partner agencies will greet people and offer ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette County Road 478, Black River Road, in Ely Township, will be closed about 1 mile west of County Road CO between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday for a culvert replacement, according to a news release from the Marquette County Road Commission. For more information, call the road ...
By TRINITY CAREY Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Colony collapse, a disorder in which worker bees disappear from a hive, is on the rise. To promote awareness of this disease and spread education of the outdoors, the first ever Gathering in the North was held Saturday at the ...
By Journal Staff ST. IGNACE — The Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a plane crash that occurred around 9:49 p.m. Friday near the Mackinac County Airport in St. Ignace. Residents who lived near the airport reported observing a plane “possibly go into the water” in ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette County Road 545 South in West Branch Township, about 2.25 miles south of M-94, will be closed from 7 a.m. Tuesday through Friday for installation of a box culvert at Sheen Creek, according to the Marquette County Road Commission. Traffic will not be allowed to pass the ...
MARQUETTE — The proposed fiscal year 2019 budget for the city of Marquette is available on the city’s website, www.marquettemi.gov. Hard copies are available for public viewing at the city clerk’s office at Marquette City Hall, 300 W. Baraga Ave. and at Peter White Public Library. The ...
MARQUETTE — CARF International recently announced that Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc. has been accredited for a period of three years for its behavioral health programs. The latest accreditation is the sixth consecutive three-year accreditation that the international accrediting body, ...
ISHPEMING — The Marquette County Medical Care Facility has announced that Halie LeSage has received a 2018 Gary Easton Scholarship Award from the Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council. LeSage has been a licensed practical nurse at the facility since October. She is furthering her ...
Work is underway along the building that houses the Western District of the U.S. District Court to install bollards along Third Street. The bollards, which are vertical posts, will act as protection against a vehicle being driven into the building. The building is located at the corner of ...
ISHPEMING — As communities around the country prepare to celebrate Labor Day, local officials are gearing up for the 28th Annual Labor Day Festival in Ishpeming on Monday. Local labor unions and community members are encouraged to participate in the Marquette-Alger Community Labor Councils ...
State average: $2.88 $3.12 Munising (Holiday) $2.99 Hancock (BP) $2.99 Wakefield (Holiday) $2.94 Negaunee (Krist) $2.93 Sault Ste. Marie (Marathon) $2.92 Ishpeming (Elaine’s) $2.91 Marquette (Krist) $2.90 Gladstone (Holiday) $2.79 Menominee (Admiral) $2.74 Baraga ...
MARQUETTE — Drivers traveling in the L’Anse and Baraga area beginning Sept. 9 can expect delays. Three large generators will be transported to the new Upper Michigan Energy Resource Corp. facility in Baraga Township, temporarily blocking traffic. Under a permit from the Michigan ...
MARQUETTE — The annual Marquette Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5k and kids fun runs will be today and Saturday. Today’s Kids Fun Run will start at 7 p.m. at Lakeview Arena. Runners will cross Pine Street to the multi-use path, then continue north on the multi-use path for approximately ...
MARQUETTE — The beach at Marquette Tourist Park is closed today, Friday and Saturday. According to an email sent by Shea Kinder, Head Lifeguard, the beach will be closed these days due to inadequate staffing.
MARQUETTE — The compost drop-off site located at 1415 Pioneer Road will be closed Saturday and the household rubbish site will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. The Compost site will reopen Tuesday and will be open from 3 to 7 p.m. The Household Rubbish site will reopen Wednesday ...
MUNISING — A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada assessment grew will conduct work on Sucker River and Carpenter Creek in Alger County during Sept. 4-13 to estimate the abundance of lampreys in the river. The information gathered will be used to ...
MARQUETTE — Information sessions for employers about the Going PRO Talent Fund are planned Thursday in Marquete and Wednesday, Sept. 5 in Munising. The Going PRO Talent Fund — formerly the Skilled Trades Training Fund or STTF — will offer $27 million to Michigan businesses for training ...