Participants in the “32nd ever” Trenary Outhouse Classic strut their stuff over the weekend in the Alger County community. The annual event sees large crowds gather to view races between handcrafted outhouses. The classic has become one of the Upper Peninsula’s signature winter events ...
ISHPEMING — Some people say “go big or go home.” Rose Chivens is going big and going nowhere else until she sees her dream of a youth center in the west end of Marquette County become a reality. Chivens was inspired to found the Marquette County West End Youth Center following the ...
By Journal Staff ST. IGNACE — A fatal fire at a Moran Township residence Friday afternoon was likely set by the homeowner, police say. Troopers from the Michigan State Police St. Ignace Post were dispatched at about 3 p.m. that day to conduct a welfare check at a Portage Street home. As ...
Facing a tight midnight deadline, the Michigan Legislature negotiated late into the night on Thursday, as members sought to finalize a deal on a pair of policies trimming back changes to the state’s minimum wage and paid sick time policies set to take effect the following day. At the ...
MARQUETTE — A Marquette area doctor who was recently arrested and charged with abusing his son was placed on probation last November by the board that oversees his license to practice medicine. The Michigan Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery placed Dr. Colin Irish on 18 months ...