The Marquette County Road Commission has closed County Road IAA, also known as Triple A Road, in Michigamme Township 3.9 miles West of the Eagle Mine until further notice due to flooding conditions. For more information, call the road commission at 906-486-4491.
MARQUETTE — Start The Cycle, a youth mountain biking program, hosted its seventh annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party fundraiser at the Elks Lodge 405 in Marquette Saturday evening. The non-profit organization helps at-risk youth build confidence and self-esteem by training for the Ore to ...
MARQUETTE – UP Health System today announced that Brian Sinotte, market president of UPHS and CEO of UPHS-Marquette, will step down from his role, effective June 21. Sinotte, who has been with UPHS since 2016, will be relocating with his wife, Dr. Jessica Haloskie, to Chicago, where he has ...
As the DNR celebrates the 100th anniversary of Michigan state parks system, a natural question arises — what was Michigan’s first state park? Well, the answer depends on how you interpret the question and isn’t simple. The 2019 state parks centennial celebration is centered around the ...
Michiganders have always loved their parks. Initially, the state was dependent on gifts of lands by donors. However, by the 1920s, if expansion was to continue, there was a realization that the state would need a long-term funding source to purchase more land. Financing these lands was not ...
Michigan’s state parks system started out small. Between 1919 and 1921, the Michigan State Park Commission established 23 state parks. Initially, many of these parks had been wilderness areas or old industrial land — like Hartwick Pines — that were converted to park land. In many cases, ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Mayhew, the towering actor who donned a huge, furry costume to give life to the rugged-and-beloved character of Chewbacca in the original “Star Wars” trilogy and two other films, has died, his family said Thursday. Mayhew died at his home in north Texas on ...
MARQUETTE — When a trained researcher looks at a cancer cell under the microscope, they can learn more about cancer — and how it may be treated — by looking at clues provided by the cell’s shape, size, and any markers that might be present on the cell. A new microscope recently ...
MARQUETTE — Innovate Marquette SmartZone recently announced an expansion of its marketing team with the hire of Chad Leisenring as event coordinator. Leisenring, an Escanaba native, graduates from Northern Michigan University in May with a degree in mathematics and computer science. With a ...
By Associated Press Staff WASHINGTON — A day after celebrating the release of the Mueller report as “a good day,” President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone Friday, unleashing tweets saying claims in the report by former administration officials that he tried numerous times to stop or ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette City Commissioner Pete Frazier was arrested Wednesday for violating a personal protection order, the Marquette City Police Department confirmed today. According to information obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Peter White Frazier was arrested around ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University head coach Heidi Voigt and the men’s swimming and diving team have signed eight athletes to join the Wildcats starting this fall, four swimmers and four divers. The swimmers are Roberto Camera, Erikas Kapocius, Adrian Curbelo-Tejera and Bence Dort, ...
HAVANA — Prince Charles and his wife Camilla began their first full day in Cuba Monday with a visit to Old Havana, touring churches, shops and cafes in the narrow cobblestoned streets of the historic center before other events around the capital city. The heir to the British throne ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has nixed the first all-female spacewalk over a spacesuit sizing issue. Astronaut Anne McClain was supposed to float out of the International Space Station this Friday with newly arrived Christina Koch, to replace old batteries. But McClain pulled herself from ...
NEW YORK (AP) — To anyone who figured the path of legalizing recreational marijuana use ran along blue state-red state lines, a sudden setback for pot advocates in New Jersey may show the issue isn’t so black-and-white. Leaders in solidly-blue New Jersey are vowing it will still become ...
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Senior captains Sophia Shaver and Annie Pankowski each scored, and Wisconsin won its fifth NCAA women’s hockey championship with a 2-0 victory over Minnesota on Sunday. Kristen Campbell, named the most outstanding player, earned her 11th shutout of the season, ...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have assigned Khyri Thomas and Svi Mykhailiuk to Grand Rapids, the team’s G League affiliate. Mykhailiuk was acquired from the Lakers on Feb. 6 in the deal that sent Reggie Bullock to Los Angeles. He has played in three games with the Pistons and ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A young Pete Kaiser had the drive to learn about racing sled dogs and the family and community to support his passion. Years later, he won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Growing up, Kaiser had plenty of sled dogs to choose from at his parents’ kennel in Bethel, a ...
EAST LANSING — Nick Ward is expected to play for No. 6 Michigan State at the Big Ten Tournament nearly a month after having surgery on his left hand. Ward is Michigan State’s second-leading scorer at 15.1 points a game and third-leading rebounder at 6.7 per game. He returned to school ...