NEGAUNEE — Negaunee City Manager Nate Heffron received his regular performance review recently at a Negaunee City Council session. The performance review was conducted by third-party Harding Group L.L.C. Management Services, and sampled 10 city department heads, seven city council members ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Pride of the North Wildcat Marching Band will welcome a record-setting gathering of student musicians to the Superior Dome on Saturday for the 72nd annual Band Day. More than 850 musicians are expected to take the field during halftime of the NMU ...
K.I. SAWYER — Marquette County officials said Tuesday it is partnering with Superior Watershed Partnership to begin renewing the fire breaks in the county forest around K.I. Sawyer. The Sands Plains area was identified in the Marquette County Wildfire Protection Plan as a high wildfire ...
60 years ago MARQUETTE — Sales tax collection in Marquette County during July totaled $317,664.50, the Michigan Department of Revenue announced in its August bulletin. The figure was the highest of any of the Upper Peninsula’s 15 counties, Delta County was second with $188,647.99. In Marquette County, with population listed at 60,000, a breakdown of the major sources of tax revenues showed the following: returns, 893; building materials, $20,815; general merchandise, $26,380; food, $92, 877; automotive, $64,377; apparel, $12,458; furniture, $8,765; miscellaneous retail stores, ...
MARQUETTE — The last polio patient in the United States who used an iron lung, Martha Lillard, died in late June 2026 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. With her passing, a significant era of medical care came to an end. In the early 20th century, poliomyelitis, or polio, struck fear in parents around ...
