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The new Marquette Smart Zone has a name. The organizing committee has chosen Innovation Marquette Enterprise Corporation as its official title… and “Innovate Marquette” as the working name. Former Houghton City Manager Scott MacInnes has been consulting with organizers in Marquette. The new zone is a spin-off of the MTEC …

Governor Rick Snyder is taking some flak for erasing a drunk driving conviction from the record of a politically-connected Detroit-area lawyer. Snyder has admitted to news agencies that he knows Alan Gocha Jr., but says he never talked with him about the conviction, or a potential pardon. Snyder appointed Gocha …

A company that wanted to build a huge open pit iron mine in northern Wisconsin has given up. Gogebic Taconite LLC  notified the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources last week that it was withdrawing its application, and had closed its office in Hurley. The company had hoped to dig a …

Groundwater monitoring will be increased at the Eagle Mine in Marquette County, under an agreement reached last week between the State of Michigan and Lundin Mining. Among the changes… – Water being returned to the environment will now be sampled before being treated by the facility’s reverse osmosis system, as …

Those who would like to see the Michigan Sales Tax increased to pay for road improvements continue to maintain that there is no backup plan if Proposal One fails in May. Campaign leader Roger Martin simply says, “What people need to understand is that the only viable option out there …

Three people were rescued Saturday night after their boat became trapped in ice on Lake Superior near Marquette. Rescuers from the Marquette County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Coast Guard had to cut their way through the ice to reach the stranded vessel in the Upper Harbor. They were able …

The next significant closure of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge will occur early Tuesday morning. The bridge will be shut down from 2:00 until 4:00 as the contractor re-installs a balance chain. Snowmobile traffic on the lower bridge deck will not be affected by this closure. We keep the latest information …

A Baraga man is dead after crashing on his ORV. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post were sent to investigate a missing person complaint shortly before 10pm last night. The body of 37-year-old Francis Krolik, Jr. was found on the snowmobile trail south of Krolik Rd in Baraga …

About ten percent of those in the Western Upper Peninsula still don’t have health insurance. There were roughly 3,500 people without health insurance in Houghton County alone in 2014. And unless they qualified for an exemption, they would have to pay a fine when they filed their taxes. To help …

Two Houghton High School students are being recognized for their computing-related achievements and interests. Tech Today reports that Caitlyn McKenzie has been named winner of a Michigan regional award in the National Center for Women and Information Technology—Aspirations in Computing competition. Miriam Eikenberry-Ureel was a runner-up. They were honored at …