Sawyer to offer TSA PreCheck MARQUETTE — Marquette County’s Sawyer International Airport joins the more than 200 airports and 67 airlines nationwide to offer TSA PreCheck beginning Monday. TSA PreCheck is a U.S. government program that allows travelers deemed low risk by the ...
MARQUETTE — The legacy of James Panowski — known fondly as “Dr. P” — will endure for many years at Northern Michigan University. Before his death in May 2018, the former director of Forest Roberts Theatre designated a bequest of more than $1 million to the Mildred and Albert Panowski ...
Dennis Gustafson, 2, builds a sculpture from blocks in the courtyard of the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum in Marquette Wednesday afternoon. This was a new event held by the UPCM in celebration of Marquette Art Week. “Kids are sometimes confronting the idea of creating for the first time ...
HUMBOLDT — An 82-year-old Humboldt Township resident was transported to the hospital with serious injuries after a reported home invasion and assault Tuesday night, according to the Michigan State Police. The Humboldt Township man’s home was broken into and he was assaulted, with police ...
NEGAUNEE — A Skandia man was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a single-vehicle rollover crash took place on U.S. 41 near Heritage Drive in Negaunee Township. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Negaunee Post responded to the scene around 12:39 p.m. and determined that the ...
MUNISING — Reservations will be required for all camping in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore effective July 11. Campers can begin making reservations starting at 10 a.m. Thursday by going to www.recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. The reservation requirement will include all 67 ...
MARQUETTE — Richard P. Smith, a Marquette-based outdoors writer, has garnered two awards from the Michigan Outdoors Writers Association, which held its annual award ceremony and 75th anniversary conference recently at Crystal Mountain in downstate Thompsonville. Smith took second place in ...
Mamma Mia! The Forest Roberts Theatre at Northern Michigan University continues their summer season with a big, literally splashy production of “Mamma Mia!” With a book by Catherine Johnson and music and lyrics by Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, “Mamma Mia!” is the most successful ...
LANSING — Northern Michigan taxpayers with past-due tax debts should be aware of an aggressive scam making the rounds through the U.S. Postal Service, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury. Recently, an Emmet County taxpayer received what appeared to be an official-looking letter ...
MARQUETTE — The monthly meeting of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, Marquette County Member-At-Large State Unit, will be at 6 p.m. July 3. The LWV is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding ...
MARQUETTE — Oberstar Inc. has started to remove partial sections of curbing and is proceeding with sanitary sewer lateral replacements on Cleveland Avenue in Marquette, from McClellan Avenue to the west end of the road. This work is the prerequisite for the milling and overlaying on the ...
MARQUETTE — The regular monthly meeting of the Marquette County Board of Health will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday in room 231 of the Henry A. Skewis Courthouse Annex, Marquette.
MARQUETTE — The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of two KTM motorcycles from Race Driven Inc. of Marquette Township, formerly known as Zambon’s North Country Sales. The motorcycles were stolen from the business at 2223 U.S. 41 between 7:30 p.m. Friday and ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — One person was seriously injured and another was arrested for operating while intoxicated after a crash between a motorcycle and a sport utility vehicle occurred in Dickinson County according to the Michigan State Police Iron Mountain Post. The accident occurred around 6:45 ...
By ERIC FREEDMAN Special to the Journal LANSING — Summer vacation season is upon us, with camping, hiking and other outdoor activities. For some of us, that means visiting remote locations in the Great Lakes region, such as Isle Royale National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore ...
Dia de los Tacos announced on its Facebook page on Friday that “we have accomplished everything we set out to do,” with the taco truck going on a 100-day farewell tour with 90 stops in the city of Marquette. The truck, recognized several times for being the Food Truck Taco of the Year, is ...