Category Archives: News

M-DOT Preparing Major Project On US-41 In Marquette Twp.
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Marquette Township will hold a virtual public meeting to discuss the 2021 US-41/M-28 rebuilding project in Marquette Township. This meeting immedia...
Jack Hall Apr 10, 2021

Marquette Mountain Helps MSU Students With Training
Marquette Mountain Resort has supported medical student education by providing the space and resources for Michigan State University College of Human Medicine UP Campus students to complete the Outdoo...
Jack Hall Apr 10, 2021

Downtown Marquette Businesses Celebrating 'Restaurant Week'
Celebrate the local flavors of Downtown Marquette's dining scene during the annual Downtown Marquette Restaurant Week, April 11-17, 2021. Participating Downtown Marquette restaurants will offer delici...
Jack Hall Apr 10, 2021

Bay College Celebrates Student Writing, Artwork
Bay College announces, A Celebration of Serendipity. Discover how playing with hedge clippers can go very wrong, how a cross-country road trip fostered an appreciation of autonomy, why some may be afr...
Jack Hall Apr 10, 2021

MHSAA: Seasons Continue Despite Whitmer 'Suggestion' For Pause
The Michigan High School Athletic Association says its seasons are continuing, despite Governor Gretchen Whitmer's request for a two-week pause for all youth sports. Whitmer made the comments at a Fri...
Jack Hall Apr 9, 2021

Most Upper Peninsula Schools Staying In-Person, Sports Continuing
Many Upper Peninsula School districts have reacted to Governor Gretchen Whitmer's "suggestion" that they go to remote learning for the next two weeks, and that they shut down youth sports for the same...
Jack Hall Apr 9, 2021

Restaurant Group Responds To Whitmer 'Suggestion' To Not Dine-In
Below is a statement from Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association (MRLA) President & CEO Justin Winslow in the wake of the governor's suggestions related to a voluntary closure of indoor din...
Jack Hall Apr 9, 2021

Michigan Senator Peters Visits US-Mexico Border
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) visited the Southern Border in Yuma, Arizona to assess humanitarian needs, security challenges, and counter-drug operations. He also visited U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground...
Jack Hall Apr 9, 2021

LaFave Introduces Legislation To Ban 'Vaccine Passports'
Rep. Beau LaFave, of Iron Mountain, today announced a sweeping plan to prohibit the use of a new form of government-mandated identification known as vaccine passports. The identification would reveal ...
Jack Hall Apr 9, 2021

Sault Man Gets 30 Years For Sex With Young Child
U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Ralph Fletcher Hepner, Jr., 53, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 360 months' imprisonment for abusive sexual contact wit...
Jack Hall Apr 9, 2021

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