Category Archives: News

Thomas Jacob Pascoe, 38, of Ishpeming, was sentenced to prison with the Michigan Department of Corrections on May 4, 2022. His minimum sentences were set at 71 months, 57 months, and 57 months, for th...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) announced today that $23,800,232.83 in federal funding has been made avai...

The Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) recently awarded the Community Foundation of Marquette County a $100,000 State Equity Fund (SEF) technical assistance grant to help support the incoming Ameri...

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) announced today that over 55,000 claimants will not have to pay back a total of approximately $431 million in overpayments of federal pandemic unemploy...

The City of Escanaba is experiencing discoloration of water at the 100 block of Ludington Street and 1st Avenue South. The water is SAFE to drink and just needs time to settle. If the discoloration co...

Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a growing increase in opioid overdoses in Michigan. LMAS District Health Department has addressed this increase by creating the Harm Reduction P...

Escanaba Area Public Schools first grade teacher Nanette Hanson has been named the 2022-23 Michigan Teacher of the Year (MTOY). Hanson learned of her honor today during a visit to the Upper Peninsula ...

While most people run away from a blazing wildfire, highly trained DNR wildland firefighters are ready to head toward danger to protect people, property and nature - and they have the knowledge and to...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that 150 awards were made to 57 local school districts, 14 intermediate school districts, 40 nonpublic schools, and 39 public school academies for $10 million in st...

The Superior Health Foundation (SHF) in Marquette awarded more than $650,000 in health-centered grant funding at its Spring Grants Celebration on Tuesday evening at the Holiday Inn in Marquette. The e...