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Protests Held Again In Marquette; Traffic Blocked
Dozens of people stood in the middle of a downtown Marquette intersection again on Tuesday, blocking traffic and screaming their opposition to police brutality and racial injustice in response to last...
Jack Hall Jun 02, 2020

Three Men To Be Ordained As U.P. Priests, Deacons
Deacons Romeo G. Cappella and Thomas J. Merkel have received their Call to Orders and will be ordained to the priesthood. Benjamin E. Rivard has received his Call to Orders and will be ordained to the...
Jack Hall Jun 02, 2020

Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing From Badger Ferry
Paul Patrick Piper, 58, of Ludington, Michigan, pled guilty today to a felony information dated February 21, 2020, setting forth criminal charges of bank fraud and federal income tax offenses. Piper's...
Jack Hall Jun 02, 2020

VA Medical Center Begins Expanding Services
Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center (OGJVAMC) is working on a plan to reintroduce health care services as VA starts reopening after COVID-19 shutdowns. The facility will begin expanding some services J...
Jack Hall Jun 02, 2020

Whitmer Wants More Federal Money; More Testing Help
In testimony delivered remotely before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Tuesday, Governor Whitmer called on the federal government to help states like Mi...
Jack Hall Jun 02, 2020

Nurses Union Files Charges Against UPHS-Marquette
The Michigan Nurses Association on Monday filed three charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that UPHS-Marquette has violated federal labor law through its lack of transparency. We h...
Jack Hall Jun 02, 2020

Iron County Reports First Case Of Coronavirus
The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department Monday night announced that Iron County has recorded its first presumptive positive case of the coronavirus. The patient, identified only as an adult man,...
Jack Hall Jun 01, 2020

Marquette's Largest Protest Yet Remains Peaceful
Exactly one week after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police, another protest was held Monday afternoon in Marquette, It was the third such protest in as many days, and ...
Jack Hall Jun 01, 2020

Michigan Sen. Peters Appeals For Respectful, Peaceful Protests
Following the unconscionable death of George Floyd and after speaking with Michigan community and faith leaders and law enforcement officials, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) released the following stat...
Jack Hall Jun 01, 2020

Michigan Adds Fewest Cases Since March; No New U.P. Cases
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported Monday afternoon that the state's number of coronavirus cases increased by 135 new cases, and there were 25 new deaths since Sunday. It wa...
Jack Hall Jun 01, 2020

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