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Locally produced movie to debut

MARQUETTE — Valley Road Productions presents the Marquette premiere of the short film "Here to Help" featuring Northern Michigan University alumni and locally filmed and cast, at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 at the Thomas Theatres, located at 1525 Commerce Drive, Marquette. "Here to Help" is a ...

Gas prices increase dramatically

MARQUETTE — Average gasoline prices in Michigan have risen 59.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.90/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 4,913 stations in Michigan. Prices in Michigan are 75.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.78/g higher than a year ...

Today in History: 2013, Nairobi shopping mall attack

Today is Monday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2026. There are 101 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 21, 2013, an attack by armed militants in the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, left 67 people dead and hundreds injured. Also on this date: In 1792, the National ...

Rising gas prices frustrate voters – Trump says it's an 'inexpensive price to pay' for the Iran war

EDINBURG, Texas — Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn't require difficult decisions. "Is it going to be groceries this week?" asked the 28-year-old Amazon delivery driver as he watched the numbers tick higher. "Is it gonna be getting gas in our tank to go to work?" He shook his head when asked about President Donald Trump's assertion last week that higher gas prices are a small price to pay for the war with Iran. "I don't feel like it's a good trade-off," Martinez said. "I don't feel like this is good for ...