HOUGHTON — Isle Royale National Park has announced the temporary closing of individual tent and group campsites and prohibiting tent and hammock use at Three Mile Campground for the safety of its visitors, according to a National Park Service news release. Off-trail camping zones ...
HOUGHTON — InvestUP, in partnership with the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region, Houghton County Land Bank and Gogebic County Land Bank, has been selected for a $1 million Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant to support redevelopment in the Western Upper Peninsula. The grant will help communities complete environmental assessment work, cleanup planning, and community engagement for blighted and underused properties and improve readiness for future investment and redevelopment. These are important early steps that are often too ...
MARQUETTE – Socks are among the most needed item for people experiencing homelessness or are otherwise at-risk or in-need. United Way of Marquette County and Bombas, a national sock company, are working together to get socks onto the feet of those in need here in Marquette County. “We’re excited to partner with Bombas once again to distribute 10,000 pairs of socks to our community,” said Andrew Rickauer, executive director of United Way of Marquette County. “We’ve been partnering with Bombas for several years, and have handed out thousands of pairs of socks to Marquette ...
MARQUETTE — Delta County Circuit Court Judge John B. Economopoulos Wednesday heard oral arguments on motions for reconsideration in the Marquette County v Kubick Aviation Case. The lawsuit relates to the county’s decision to take over fixed base operator services at the Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport. Those services are currently provided by Kubick Aviation. Economopoulos ruled that an Oct. 27 termination letter sent by the county’s civil counsel, Alex Berger, to Kubick Aviation was not a decision by a public body and therefore did not violate the Open Meetings Act. State ...
MARQUETTE — A corrections officer at Marquette Branch Prison on Monday was assaulted by an inmate. “On Monday, July 6, a prisoner at the Marquette Branch Prison stabbed a corrections officer in the face with a prison-made weapon and punched another corrections officer in the face when he ...
Today in History: July 10, the Battle of Britain begins in World War II By The Associated Press Today is Friday, July 10, the 191st day of 2026. There are 174 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the German Luftwaffe ...
