Haiti mob kills 13 gang members

April 26, 2023

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s House speaker canceled a Tuesday floor session a day after seven protestors were arrested for disrupting proceedings with demands that Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a transgender Democrat silenced by lawmakers for comments against bans on gender-affirming care, be allowed to speak. The cancellation is the latest development in a standoff over whether Montana Republicans will let the lawmaker from Missoula speak unless she apologizes for her remarks last week on a gender-affirming care ban proposal. Speaker Matt Regier did not take questions on Tuesday or explain ...

Butler scores 30, Heat top Giannis-less Bucks 121-99

April 24, 2023

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI — Jimmy Butler took a hard fall. Victor Oladipo took a harder one. And the Miami Heat still found a way to knock off the Milwaukee Bucks, reclaiming the lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Butler scored 30 points before leaving ...

Sports look

April 19, 2023

Subject to change ------------------ Today ------------------ High school baseball Superior Central at Negaunee (DH), 4 p.m. Marquette at Manistique (DHr), 4 p.m. Houghton at Gwinn (doubleheader), 4 p.m. ------------------ High school softball Manistique at Westwood (DH), 4 p.m. Westwood at Houghton, 4 p.m. Ishpeming at Menominee, 4:30 p.m. EDT ------------------ Thursday ------------------ High school softball Superior Central at Munising (DH), 4 p.m. ------------------ High school baseball Iron Mountain at L’Anse (DH), 4 p.m. Superior Central ...

Sports look

April 18, 2023

Subject to change --------------------- Today --------------------- High school softball North Dickinson at Superior Central (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Manistique at Mackinaw City (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Munising at Norway (doubleheader), 4:30 p.m. EDT Westwood at Kingsford, 4:45 p.m. EDT --------------------- High school baseball North Central at Superior Central (doubleheader), 4 p.m. L’Anse at Hancock (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Manistique at Mackinaw City (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Negaunee at Kingsford, 5 p.m. ...

Marquette County declares local state of emergency

April 17, 2023

MARQUETTE — Marquette County has sustained widespread damage caused by runoff of rapidly melting snow pack exacerbated by additional rainfall. As a result, Marquette County Board of Commissioners Chairman Gerald Corkin has declared that a local state of emergency exists in accordance with Section 10 of 1976 Public Act 390. These county agencies have been activated to support the response and recovery efforts of municipal and township agencies: the Marquette County Road Commission, Marquette County Sheriff's Office, Marquette County Emergency Management, Marquette County Emergency ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

April 15, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago April 17, 1993 - MARQUETTE - A family-run commercial fishing operation in Marquette has been cited by the Michigan Audubon Society for saving loons from drowning in nets. Thill’s Fisheries received the society’s 1993 Small Business Award for Environmental Stewardship for altering their fishing nets to enable deep-diving loons to escape when accidentally snared. “We’re real pleased about the award,” said Jerry Thill, who owns the business with his ...