IRON MOUNTAIN — Good news for veterans who were previously told they didn’t qualify for VA health care. Now, those veterans have new options, thanks to recent changes under the PACT Act. The PACT Act is a major law passed in August 2022 that expands VA health care and benefits for ...
MARQUETTE — The current Marquette lighthouse is 160 years old this summer. The building stands on a rock bluff 40 feet above Lake Superior and is one of the most photographed sites in the area. But there is a significant amount of misinformation about the lighthouse that has been spread ...
Today in History: July 29, USS Forrestal accident By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, July 29, the 210th day of 2026. There are 155 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 29, 1967, an accidental rocket launch on the deck of the supercarrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of ...
MARQUETTE — The Michigan Civil Rights Commission issued a ruling on Monday in a case between Marquette landlord Jeffrey Cornock of Cornock Rental Properties and former tenant Kaylee Franz. The case was over Cornock denying Franz’s request for a reasonable accommodation to have an Emotional Support Animal on the premises due to her disability, failing to renew a tenant’s lease because of her disability and retaliating against the tenant because she engaged in a protected activity under Michigan’s Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act. According to a statement released by ...
MARQUETTE — For the third year in a row, a national study shows the number of people in West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula who struggle to afford enough nutritious food has remained at a high rate of 14.8 percent. This means that 1 in 7 people overall in the food bank’s ...
