Summertime means picnics, camping, backyard barbeques and family gatherings. For a lot of people, it means making campfires or bonfires, and doing so safely. Here is a common sense listing of 10 things to keep in mind when making a fire, this or any weekend. The list is compiled by Reserve ...

Water tests sometimes show high levels of E. coli bacteria in local waters. The bacteria can appear at any time, sometimes for no obvious reason. That’s why the water at 16 area beaches is tested weekly all summer. Routine sampling on June 23, for example, found E. coli levels at eight ...

We join the Marquette City Police Department and the rest of the community in mourning the passing of K-9 Nitro, one of the department’s bomb-sniffing dogs. Nitro passed away on his eighth birthday Monday after being hit suddenly with a terminal condition. His passing was announced on the ...

To the editor: Recently, as a follow-up to the Finlandia faculty’s unanimous vote of no confidence in President Johnson, all head athletic coaches also voted unanimously to support the vote of no confidence and echoed the faculty’s call for an immediate change in the University ...

We read with great concern News staff writer Crystal Nelson’s recent report that the rates of children living in families investigated for abuse or neglect had skyrocketed over the last decade. That rate more than doubled in Presque Isle and Alcona counties, nearly doubled in Alpena County, ...

Finding common ground with our neighbors has been a struggle during the past half decade. Americans seem to have managed to split opinions on nearly all aspects of life, even the parts where working together would serve an obvious common good. In many instances, it seems to take more effort ...