No Parking Allowed Along Downtown Marquette Block On Wednesday
There will be no parking on the 200 block of West Washington St. in downtown Marquette on Wednesday May 15, 2024. The DDA will be sealing the stamped concrete ("brick") along the sidewalks closest to the road. The plain concrete portion of the sidewalks will be open to pedestrians, but we ask that they stay o...
May 15, 2024
Water To Be Shut Off Tuesday In Parts Of Escanaba As Repairs Continue
MESSAGE FROM THE CITY OF ESCANABA: Work to replace water main is being planned for Tuesday, May 14th.vWork will affect the residents in the following areas: - 900 South 17th Street - 400, 500, and 600 Blocks of South 18th Street - 800 and 900 Blocks of South 18th Street - 1002 and 1100 South 18th Street - 600, 700, 800...
May 14, 2024
ON HOLD: Postal Service Delays Making Changes At Kingsford Mail Center
Following months of evasive rhetoric from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) concerning its ill-defined "modernization" plan for the Iron Mountain Processing and Distribution Center in Kingsford, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has committed to pausing all facility reviews of processing centers facing consolidatio...
May 14, 2024
U.P. Camp For Grieving Kids Needs Volunteers This Summer
Camp STAR, a UP wide bereavement camp for young children who have experienced the death of a loved one, is desperately in search for male camp volunteers. There are several boy campers who still need to be paired up with a male volunteer. If you are, or you know someone between the ages of 18-25, please consider commit...
May 11, 2024
Mackinac Straits Health System Earns Level IV Trauma Designation
The Mackinac Straits Health System (MSHS) plays a key role in patient care for the Straits of Mackinac region. Not only providing primary care services with clinics located in Mackinaw City, Cheboygan, Mackinac Island, and St. Ignace, the system also serves a busy thoroughfares such as I-75 and U.S. 2 that connect with...
May 10, 2024
McCash Retiring From Iron Mountain-Based Investments Business
After nearly 25 years as a licensed financial advisor, including 17 years as the owner of McCash Investment Management, David McCash has announced his May 17, 2024 retirement from the investment industry and from First National Wealth Management. Mr. McCash is an Iron Mountain native, and a graduate of Iron Mountain Hi...
May 10, 2024
State Reps. Markkanen, Prestin Push For Year-Round Coyote Hunting
State Rep. Greg Markkanen on Thursday was joined by Rep. Dave Prestin in announcing his bill to restore hunters' rights, allowing them to hunt coyotes year-round. The plan, House Bill 5721, allows an individual who holds a fur harvester's license to hunt coyotes year-round. The legislation comes in response to the Natu...
May 10, 2024
UPPCO To Close Boat Lanuch On Boney Falls Reservoir Next Monday
Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is announcing the company's boat launch facility at Dam No. 4 on the Boney Falls reservoir will be temporarily closed to the public on Monday, May 13th, 2024. The closure is required to support planned maintenance and facility improvements that are being completed by UPPCO this sum...
May 09, 2024
Munising Schools Superintendent Reacts To 'Razor-Thin' Millage Loss
CLICK BELOW TO HEAR COMMENTS FROM MIKE TRAVIS, MUNISING SUPERINTENDENT It's back to the drawing board for the Munising Public Schools, after a sinking fund millage proposal to make improvements to district buildings suffered a loss in Tuesday's election by just two votes, 486-484. The proposal was for a 1.5 mill increa...
May 09, 2024
UPDATE: Police Identify Kayaker Who Died In Little Bay deNoc
The kayaker who drowned in Little Bay de Noc has been identified as 29-year-old Tyler Wright from Grand Rapids Michigan. Wright had been kayaking/fishing off of Stonington in Little Bay de Noc on Sunday (May 5th). Wright failed to return to shore and was reported missing @ 7:00pm that night. An extensive search was con...
May 09, 2024