Every year, the Department of Natural Resources stocks fish in Michigan waters to provide fishing opportunities and maintain healthy ecosystems. Where do these stocked fish come from? It all starts with collecting fish eggs, and the DNR has been working hard this fall gathering the necessary ...

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Board of Light and Power has announced the winners of its annual Christmas Lighting Contest. Categories are organized from largest to smallest light displays, starting with “Walking in a Winter Wonderland.” Top prizes in each category received bill credits ...

MARQUETTE — Marquette Alternative High School students have hauled boxes upon boxes of socks to donate to Marquette charity organizations. The students were delivering the collected and donated socks from MAHS’ 13th Rock the Socks campaign, which saw the students collect 7,783 pairs in ...

WASHINGTON — Consumers stepped up their spending at retail stores last month, providing a boost to the economy in the early phases of the winter holiday shopping season. Retail sales rose 0.7% in November, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, a solid increase and higher than October’s ...

MARQUETTE — The Ishpeming Lions Club donated $1,016 worth of food to the Ishpeming St. Vincent de Paul Society Store on Thursday, along with a donation of fresh vegetables from the Partridge Creek Intergenerational Farm. St. Vincent de Paul was gathering food for its Christmas basket ...

NEGAUNEE — A portion of Negaunee’s Beverly Hills neighborhood is under a boil water advisory following a water main break on Tuesday. The boil advisory is taking place from North Baldwin Road to Croix Street and a quarter mile north. The water main break was discovered on Tuesday, ...