Dealing with the loss of a loved one can be an overwhelming experience and someone who is grieving should not be faced with financial issues on top of it. This is an issue that the Community Foundation of Marquette County is addressing, as it announced Monday the creation of a resource to ...

Each day as commerce moves and consumers shop, a lesser-known program housed within the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is out there making sure weights and measures devices being used by retailers are functioning properly. This program works diligently to ...

The news story that has enveloped the world the last few days is Russia’s appalling invasion of Ukraine. Warnings of an impending invasion had been given, but it really happened, to the shock and horror of the entire world. However, so far it hasn’t been the easy takeover Russian ...

Tariq Ramadan once said, “To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless.” That is exactly what a bipartisan group of senators is striving to do. The office of Sen. Gary Peters announced last week that he is leading a bipartisan group 30 US senators in urging $3 million in funding ...

The pandemic has disrupted all of our lives, but few more than young people who struggle to secure stable housing. Teens without a permanent home, who in normal times struggle to stay safe and warm at night, to stay in school, to navigate society without a parent to guide them, struggled even ...

Northern Michigan University and the region as a whole recently lost a figure who played a major role in shaping the university’s trajectory and physical presence in Marquette: former NMU President John X. Jamrich. Jamrich passed away Sunday in Savannah, Georgia, at the age of 101. He ...