New Year’s Eve can be the kind of night where lifelong memories are made. Friends celebrate together and there is even a chance you can sneak a New Year’s kiss.

But for many, New Year’s Eve can lead to trouble and tragedy. Long considered a major drinking holiday, celebrations of the new year can be marred by bad weather and dangerous driving conditions, particularly for drivers who may have had too much to drink.

Luckily, the 2025 New Year’s Eve celebrations in Marquette went off without a hitch, according to Marquette area law enforcement agencies.

Marquette is home to the largest celebration in the county, with the Elementary Ball Drop at the Children’s Museum and the annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop hosted by Double Trouble Entertainment on West Washington Street.

Yet with the hundreds of people celebrating either event, and the many more celebrating with friends and family, there was little to report from the Marquette Police Department.

“Everything was pretty calm here in Marquette,” said a representative of the Marquette Police Department. “No arrests, OWIs nothing like that. There were big crowds for the childrens and adult ball drop but everyone behaved themselves.”

In Negaunee, there was much of the same. The Negaunee Police Department said there were no significant arrests or criminal activity on the holiday.

“Not here anyways,” said a representative of the Negaunee Police Department.

Furthermore, the department official explained that people celebrated correctly and it made for an uneventful night.

“We didn’t have anything really going on, it was really quiet,” said the Negaunee Police Department representative.

We would like to applaud our fellow Superiorland revelers for being responsible and making the good kind of New Year’s Eve memories.