ISHPEMING — Last week, the Marquette County League of Women Voters recently held a forum for candidates running for mayor and city council in Ishpeming. Mayoral candidates Jason Chapman and Brett Argall attended the forum, as did full-term city council candidates William Anderson and Collin ...
MARQUETTE — Firefighters from three departments responded to a brush fire at Park Street Cemetery in the city of Marquette early Sunday morning, containing the blaze to an approximately 30-by-30-foot area, according to Marquette City Fire Department battalion chief Benjamin Wilder. Marquette city fire was dispatched at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday to the area of the “Fit Strip” inside the cemetery after a report of smoke. Upon investigation, firefighters discovered a brush fire burning within the tree line and underbrush. City firefighters began efforts to contain the fire and ...
MARQUETTE — Average gasoline prices in Michigan have risen 22.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.66/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 4,913 stations in Michigan. Prices in Michigan are 35.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.77/g higher than a year ...
ESCANABA – Bay College Workforce Training will offer an instructor-led Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Training course from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Room 420 at Bay College's Escanaba campus. Updated to the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines, this four-hour course ...
MARQUETTE COUNTY — A wildland fire located approximately 10 miles northwest of Marquette between County Road 510 and North Basin Drive is settling down after several days of growth. The fire was first spotted Friday afternoon by a DNR pilot, and grew to over 250 acres, prompting the ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette County Road Commission, along with MJ VanDamme, Inc., has announced an extension of the closure of Marquette County Road CD in Ely Township, approximately 0.80 miles west of Marquette County Road 581 at its crossing with Green Creek. The extension is due to culvert replacement work. The closure, originally scheduled to end on Oct. 12, 2026, will remain in effect until Nov. 2, 2026. Motorists must continue using the signed detour route.
