Category Archives: News

December 'Mummies' Concerts At Casino Cancelled
The Island Resort and Casinohas cancelled the Here Come the Mummies concerts scheduled for December 4 & 5, 2020. The Island has also decided not to resurrect these shows. Instead, all tickets will...
Jack Hall Oct 21, 2020

Upper Peninsula Roadside Parks Closing October 30
All roadside parks operated by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in the Upper Peninsula will be closed for the season on Friday, Oct. 30. MDOT maintains 32 roadside parks in the U.P. Th...
Jack Hall Oct 21, 2020

Gov. Whitmer Signs Unemployment Benefit Extension
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bills 886 and 991 codifying part of her executive orders expanding unemployment benefits to Michiganders. The bills the governor signed today will extend unempl...
Jack Hall Oct 20, 2020

Church Tribunal: Sex Accusation Against Priest 'Inconclusive'
A Church tribunal has determined an accusation of sexual misconduct with a minor in the early 1970s against Father Frank M. Lenz is inconclusive. A canonical (Church law) process authorized by the Con...
Jack Hall Oct 20, 2020

Michigan Fruit, Vegetable Producers Get Federal Grants
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced $1,992,250 million to support Michigan specialty crop growers who pr...
Jack Hall Oct 20, 2020

Trump Signs Bergman's Veterans Mental Health Bills
President Donald J. Trump signed into law S. 785, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019, which features Rep. Jack Bergman's bipartisan IMPROVE Act. Rep. B...
Jack Hall Oct 20, 2020

U.P. Builder's Show Scheduled For March, 2021, Cancelled
Due to the uncertain nature of holding large events at this time, the 2021 U.P. Builders Show will not be held this March. The Marquette Builders Exchange and the Home Builders Association of the U.P....
Jack Hall Oct 19, 2020

Anthony To Retire As Marquette Community Foundation CEO
After eight years of service as CEO of the Community Foundation of Marquette County, Gail Anthony is retiring December 31, 2020. "It has been a pleasure and a privilege to serve the communities of Mar...
Jack Hall Oct 19, 2020

No Hunting Allowed Within Escanaba City Limits
The City of Escanaba wants to inform the public that City Ordinance prohibits hunting within City limits or on City property. The Escanaba Public Safety Department, DNR and the Delta County Sheriff's ...
Jack Hall Oct 19, 2020

Wisconsin National Guard Offering Testing In Peshtigo
In response to the surge in COVID-19 positive residents and reduced capability of testing in Marinette County, Marinette County Emergency Management and Public Health have requested assistance from th...
Jack Hall Oct 19, 2020

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