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60 years ago MARQUETTE — The Marquette & Huron Mountain Railway, an all-steam scenic line, was scheduled to resume operations today. Beset by financial problems, the railway had discontinued operations last year in its second season. However, Jerry Pulliam, executive vice president of the Marquette Chamber of Commerce, said he had been informed by operators of the line that it would resume daily trips, starting today. The schedule, Pulliam said, calls for trains to leave Marquette at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day for a round trip to Harlow Lake, a run of about nine miles one way. He ...

Parents of infant girl charged with felony abuse

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MARQUETTE — A pair of Marquette residents have been arrested on child abuse charges, after their four-month-old daughter had to be flown to a hospital in Wisconsin for emergency treatment. According to the Marquette Police Department, which is the investigative agency in the case, ...

Fundraising kickoff for summer-off leash dog park to be held

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MARQUETTE — At noon on Aug. 10, the Marquette Dog Park Friends and city of Marquette will be hosting a fundraising kick-off event for the planned summer off-leash dog park at the park’s future site, just past the NTN North Trails 550 trailhead. Exact coordinates are 6° 34' 23.52" N 87° 24' 59.04" W. “Marquette is celebrated as an outdoor paradise during its warmest, longest days of the year, but local dog owners have long faced a major hurdle: city ordinances prohibit off-leash dogs within city limits, including all parks, bike trails and beaches,” states a press release ...

Attorneys, advocates cheer MSC decision demanding new Line 5 permit review

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LANSING — Following the Michigan Supreme Court’s Friday ruling striking down state energy regulators’ decision to permit the Line 5 tunnel project, pipeline opponents convened to celebrate the decision and talk about the next steps.  The controversial pipeline runs from Superior, Wisconsin to Sarnia, Ontario, with a 4.5-mile segment of dual pipelines running through the Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet.  Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle, Michigan Climate Action Network Executive Director Denise Keele and several attorneys who ...