By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, June 28, the 179th day of 2025. There are 186 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 28, 1914, in an act that sparked World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo by Serb ...
EAGLE RIVER – An appeal to the Keweenaw Board of Commissioners to reverse a June 16 Freedom of Information Act request denial was a topic of discussion at Wednesday’s Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners meeting. The FOIA request was in regards to the deaths of two hikers on Isle Royale ...
30 years ago MARQUETTE — The Marquette School Board passed a $25 million budget for the school year with $1 million of it in limbo, awaiting a Michigan Supreme Court decision. The court has established that the state cannot continue with its “pay as you go” approach to health benefits ...
CHAMPION — Tracey Tippett was named the Michigan Marine of the Year at the 85th Summer Convention for the Marine Corps League in Flint earlier this month. Tippett, who served as a heavy equipment mechanic for the U.S. Marine Corps from 1987 to 1992, was also elected as the Department of ...
BIG BAY — STAR Children’s Bereavement Services will once again host Camp STAR this summer from Aug. 8-10 at Bay Cliff Health Camp in Big Bay. The camp is a free weekend grief camp for Michigan residents ages 8-17 who have experienced the death of a significant person in their ...
HOUGHTON — The Michigan Department of Transportation will place the new traffic signal on M-26 at Canal Road in Houghton into flash mode beginning Wednesday, July 2. The signal will be placed into full operation on Wednesday, July 9, with green, amber and red phases for all directions. ...