It’s U.P. State Fair week. But it’s not just carnival rides and elephant ears. It also brings state leaders to the. This year was special for Marquette County. Not just because Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited and spent time with residents and community leaders — which in and of itself is ...

It was no surprise to us when Marquette’s music scene was cited in a Michigan best poll. As detailed this week in a story by Journal Staff Writer Dreyma Beronja, Marquette ranked 31 out of 120 destinations with the best live music scenes, as voted for by music lovers in a poll by ...

Sometimes government works, and sometimes it doesn’t. The situation on the Health Department of Northwest Michigan Board is an example of the latter. Its setup — made up of two representatives from each of four counties for an even eight — is problematic from the get-go. There’s no ...

Two men have been extradited from Nigeria regarding the “sextortion” case that resulted in the March 25, 2022 death of a Marquette Senior High School student, Jordan DeMay. Many people might have thought those extraditions were a long shot. Mark Totten, U.S. attorney for for the Western ...

Ohio voters rejected a measure that would have made it tougher to amend the state’s constitution. The proposal carried the baggage of being a backdoor attempt to restrict abortion rights and make gun regulation harder to enact through ballot initiatives. Strip away that hidden agenda, ...

Anyone who has ever visited western Marquette County knows there are not a lot of options when it comes to temporary lodging — especially in the Ishpeming and Negaunee areas. There is one hotel along with a small campground along U.S. 41, and there might be some short-term rentals. But these ...