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It's just starting

MARQUETTE — Marquette County received a preview of the winter to come this past week, with some locations receiving up to a few inches of snow. Temperatures are expected to climb again in the coming week to highs in the mid 50s, so these flurries are merely serving as a reminder to residents ...

Salvation Army kicks off annual bell-ringing campaign

CENTRAL U.P. — The Salvation Army of Alger, Baraga and Marquette counties kicked off its annual bell-ringing campaign on Thursday, with a goal of raising $360,000 this holiday season to help those in need. “This is the 134th Christmas that the Salvation Army is helping assist the U.P. ...

Marquette's Grove Street closed for sewer lateral replacement

MARQUETTE — Grove Street will be closed to through traffic between Homestead Street and Grove Hill Court today for a sewer lateral replacement. Work is expected to be completed by the end of the day.

Droughts put U.P. at wildfire risk as potential dry winter looms

MARQUETTE – Drought conditions have impacted Michigan these last three months, and meteorologists say this winter’s forecast could keep conditions dry into next spring.  Nearly 79% of the state is experiencing at least abnormally dry conditions, according to the U.S. Drought ...

South Range man, 69, killed in hit-and-run crash

SOUTH RANGE — Michigan State Police have identified the driver and vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash Wednesday evening that claimed the life of a 69-year-old South Range man, the agency announced Friday, about two days after the incident that took place at M-26 in South Range. According to Lt. Ben Eckola, MSP Eighth District public information officers, troopers from the agency’s post in Calumet responded at approximately 7:09 p.m. Wednesday to a report of an unresponsive man lying along the side of the road in South Range. Upon arrival, troopers administered emergency ...