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2026 Hiawatha Heritage Dog Sled Race: More races, more dogs, more family fun

ENGADINE – The Hiawatha Heritage Dog Sled Race returns for a second running on Jan. 31-Feb. 1, this time featuring even more races and more opportunities for fun. The event put on by the nearly 100-year-old Hiawatha Sportsman’s Club and the non-profit HSC Foundation Inc. is free and open ...

MAPS board OKs votes to place bond prop on May ballot

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Area Public Schools Board of Education Monday adopted a resolution to place a bond proposal before district voters on May 5, asking for support of a $59.995 million facilities improvement plan designed to address critical infrastructure, building systems and ...

Fire kills man in Gogebic County

WAKEFIELD — Emergency crews were unable to save the life of a Wakefield Township man early Tuesday morning when a fire damaged a home on Kronberg Road. According to a press release from the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department, emergency workers were dispatched to the Kronberg Road site at ...

MACC funding cycle opens

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Arts and Culture Council has announced that its grant system is now open for FY26 applications. Arts and culture nonprofit organizations, municipalities, tribal entities, pre K–12 schools, colleges and universities and eligible non-arts and culture nonprofits in ...

Family of deceased Tech student files lawsuit

MARQUETTE — The estate of a Michigan Tech University student who died after an incident involving local police nearly two years ago has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Marquette. The suit, filed Monday by the estate of Benjamin Walby, names the cities of Houghton and Hancock, ...