Today is Thursday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2026. There are 70 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 22, 2012, cyclist Lance Armstrong was formally stripped of his seven Tour de France victories and received a lifetime ban from Olympic sports after the International Cycling ...
MARQUETTE — During Tuesday night’s meeting of the Marquette County Board of Commissioners, the commission voted 3-2 to appoint Margaret Brumm to the District 1 seat vacated by former commissioner Karl Numinen, in which the unexpired term lasts until Dec. 31. Brumm is currently running as ...
CHATHAM — At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Rock River Township Board, the board voted to repeal the township’s zoning ordinance. The township planning commission had voted back in September to recommend that the board put the issue of the zoning ordinance up to a vote of the people, but ...
MARQUETTE — As the 100th anniversary of one of the Upper Peninsula’s deadliest mining disasters approaches, Northern Michigan University Archives will host a public presentation examining the history of the Barnes-Hecker Mine and the people connected to it. The Central Upper Peninsula ...
MARQUETTE - United Way of Marquette County invites the community to participate in its annual Walmart Food Drive from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Walmart in Marquette Township, according to information provided by United Way. The event kicks off the TV6 Canathon while connecting eight ...
ELY TOWNSHIP — More than 300 people gathered on Saturday for the dedication of the Barnes-Hecker Memorial Park, located at the historic Barnes-Hecker Mine site on County Road CL in Ely Township. Owned by Ely Township, the memorial park was created to honor the 51 miners who lost their ...
