By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2024. There are 320 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 15, 1965, singer Nat King Cole, who despite facing extreme racism throughout his short career sold more than 50 million records that ...
U.P. weather map info:
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Ironwood: 37°|18°
Escanaba: 35°|26°
Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 20 percent chance of snow showers at 11 a.m. Increasing clouds, with a high near 35. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high 20 mph. Tonight, a slight chance of snow ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2024. There are 321 days left in the year. This is Valentine’s Day.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 14, 1967, Aretha Franklin recorded her cover of Otis Redding’s “Respect” at Atlantic Records in New ...
U.P. weather map info:
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Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 10 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, a 40 percent ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2023. There are 322 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 13, 1935, a jury in Flemington, New Jersey, found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-slaying of Charles A. ...
Marquette and vicinity: Today, cloudy skies. A few flurries or snow showers possible. High 34F. WSW winds shifting to NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight, cloudy skies. Low around 25F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph..
Extended forecast: Tuesday, Cloudy. High 28F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday night, ...
Today is Monday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2024. There are 323 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 12, 1983, composer and pianist Eubie Blake, who wrote such songs as “I’m Just Wild About Harry” and “Memories of You,” died in Brooklyn, New York, at 96.
On ...
U.P. weather map info:
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Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 31. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2024. There are 325 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 10, 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game of a match in Philadelphia against an IBM computer dubbed “Deep ...
U.P. weather map info:
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Ironwood: 34°|20°
Escanaba: 42°|28°
Marquette and vicinity: Today, a slight chance of rain showers, mixing with snow after 11 a.m., then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 39 by 9 a.m. Southwest wind 10 to ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Friday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2024. There are 326 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles made their first live American television appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” broadcast from New York on CBS. The ...
U.P. weather map info:
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Ironwood: 50°|37°
Escanaba: 42°|35°
Marquette and vicinity: Today, partly sunny, with a high near 50. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. ...
By The Associated Press
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2024. There are 328 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 7, 1962, President John F. Kennedy imposed a full trade embargo on Cuba.
On this date:
In 1857, a French court ...
U.P. weather map info:
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Ironwood: 39°|30°
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Marquette and vicinity: Today, patchy fog before 11 a.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with a low around ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2024. There are 330 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history, though a ...
Houghton: 40°|21°
Ironwood: 43°|22°
Escanaba: 36°|21°
Marquette and vicinity: Today, sunny, with a high near 44. South wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Tonight, mostly clear, with a low around 26. Calm wind.
Extended forecast: Sunday, sunny, with a high near ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2024. There are 332 days left in the year.
Today in History:
On Feb. 3, 1959, which would become known as “the day the music died,” rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson ...
U.P. weather map info:
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Ironwood: 45°|26°
Escanaba: 41°|29°
Marquette and vicinity: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight. ...
By The Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2024. There are 335 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral.
On ...
Houghton: 35°|30°
Ironwood: 34°|29°
Escanaba: 35°|30°
Marquette and vicinity: Today, patchy drizzle or freezing drizzle, mainly before 4 a.m. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 32. Calm wind. Tonight, a slight chance of rain or freezing drizzle before 1 ...