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Marquette remembers 9/11

MARQUETTE — Various people and organizations around Marquette County are planning to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks today. At Northern Michigan University, bells will toll at 8:46 a.m. followed by a moment of silence, in observance of the time the first ...

Judge modifies Boxley bond

MARQUETTE — On Thursday, Judge Andrew Griffin ruled that Julie Boxley’s bond amount would be modified from a total of $2 million to a total of $200,000. Boxley’s attorneys had requested the bond be reduced to a total of $20,000. Boxley is charged with one count of felony murder and ...

Menominee County woman gets decades in prison

DAGGETT — A Daggett woman will spend at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in July to first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a person under the age of 13. Rocquel Anne Irving, 39, was sentenced Friday in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court to a minimum prison term of ...

Soo Line Historical and Technical Society visits

HARRIS — The 2026 Soo Line Historical and Technical Society Convention has beguns. With a central location of the Island Resort and Casino, the event continues through Sunday. The society celebrates primarily the memory of the Soo Line Railroad, which was established in the late 19th ...

Retiring old tires in Copper Country

HOUGHTON — The Superior Watershed Partnership is giving residents in Houghton County’s Adams, Portage and Chassell townships the opporunity to recycle old automobile tires. On Saturday, residents of those three townships can bring up to 10 tires per household to 20251 B. F. Gundlach Road ...