MARQUETTE — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this week announced appointments to a number of state boards and commissions, including the Michigan Community Service Commission, to which a pair of Upper Peninsula residents were appointed • Zosia Eppensteiner, of Marquette, is the chief executive ...
HOUGHTON — Crews from the Michigan Department of Transportation will be performing routine bridge inspections on structures in the Upper Peninsula from June 5-11. The inspections will require intermittent closures. The following closures are scheduled for the inspections. The work is ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — The Michigan Department of Transportation is investing about $2.9 million for shoulder widening on M-28 from M-221 to I-75 in Chippewa County, extending the lifespan of the roadway and increasing safety for motorists. The project also includes resurfacing the carpool lot ...
SKANDIA — The Marquette County Road Commission has closed Marquette County Road 456 in Skandia Township, approximately one-quarter of a mile west of US 41 until further notice. The closure is due to a culvert failure.
L'ANSE — A family of five from L’Anse was returned safely to shore Tuesday night after their 31-foot sailboat became stuck on rocks in Keweenaw Bay. According to a press release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the family was sailing on Lake Superior from the Portage Canal ...
30 years ago HARVEY — A Chicago consulting company has been hired by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to help chart future development of the tribe’s Ojibwa II Casino on Kawbawgam Road. Arthur Anderson and Co. was retained about one month ago, said Walter Power, KBIC casino manager from ...