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Marquette doctor, wife charged with child abuse

MARQUETTE — A Marquette area doctor and his wife were arrested Tuesday for allegedly abusing their 10-year-old son. Marquette County sheriff’s deputies responded to a Marquette Township residence on Monday following allegations of child abuse reported by Child Protective Services. While ...

Continental Cup Ski Jumping tournament begins today

IRON MOUNTAIN — Pine Mountain’s record-holders are back. Austria’s Clemens Aigner and Jonas Schuster, along with Markus Eisenbichler of Germany, can all lay claim to the best rides in Giant Pine’s storied history. They’re among a field of 44 jumpers from 10 nations who’ll ...

H-PT OKs enrollment cap

HOUGHTON — The Houghton-Portage Township Schools Board approved a School of Choice (SOC) enrollment cap strategy at their meeting Tuesday. The strategy will limit SOC in the school’s buildings and keep current numbers for sections and teachers within the buildings maintaining appropriate ...

A vote of confidence

CALUMET — The Village of Calumet extended the contract of Village Manger Megan Haselden and approved a salary increase. At its regular meeting Tuesday, the Calumet Village Council reviewed a proposal from Haselden which outline changes to her current contract with the Village. In it, she ...

Baraga County Community Foundation: 30 years of support

L’ANSE — The Baraga County Community Foundation held its 2024 review meeting at the Hilltop Restaurant on Feb. 13 to go over the contributions the foundation had made to various groups throughout the county and to celebrate the Foundation’s 30th anniversary. The Foundation invited ...

Laurium Village takes inventory of DPW equipment

LAURIUM — During Tuesday’s Village Council meeting, trustees and meeting attendees were given an update on the status of the Department of Public Works since the department’s facilities burned two weeks ago, which destroyed most of the DPW vehicles inside. Jeff Erickson, village ...