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The annual Marina Fest scheduled for July 25, 2020, in Escanaba, has been cancelled due to Covid-19. The festival brings people to the Ludington Park marina every year to enjoy music, events and food....

Marinette County has experienced a surge in the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the past week. For the first couple of months of the pandemic there was an average of 1-2 cases per week. In the pa...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday urged residents there to stay home, and to only go out for essential supplies. The governor was responding to the jump in COVID-19 cases, which has set records fou...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Ottawa County Health Department Tuesday confirmed the state's first human infection with a mosquito-borne virus for 2020 as a county re...

Officials from Bark River International Raceway, the Bark River Lions Club and Championship Off Road, regret to announce that the 45thAnnual Island Resort and Casino Off-Road Rumble in the U.P schedul...

After reviewing the Michigan Safe Start Plan and talking with various health care providers, we have decided that the 2020 Marquette Marathon and affiliated events planned for September 4-5 will not b...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday extended a state of emergency through August 11 because of coronavirus concerns. Whitmer will also hold a news conference in Lansing Wednesday afternoon at 3:00. T...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported Tuesday afternoon 584 new coronavirus cases and six new deaths. Michigan now has 70,306 confirmed positive cases and 6,081 COVID-19 deaths...

Jonathan Collins, 41 years old, was sentenced on July 10, 2020, to serve 324 months' imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney. Collins pled guilty in December 2019 to possession with intent...

An investigation in Manistique has led to the discovery of numerous neglected animals, and the possible neglect of two vulnerable adults. Manistique Public Safety says that they started getting numero...