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Gallows built along M-28, generating controversy

Local News

MARQUETTE — Last week, Tom Pegenau, owner of Pegenau Builders, set up a wooden gallows structure with a noose outside of the Pegenau Builders business on M-28 in Chocolay Township, later painted with the words “bureaucrats,” “justice” and “freedom,” along with a banner reading ...

Hacked!

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HOUGHTON — Canvas, the learning management system (LMS) used by Michigan Technological University students and faculty, and institutions across the nation, was hacked Thursday. Those who used the website across the country in K-12 school and universities found a ransom note ...

Razing on Lincoln

Local News

ESCANABA -- After the property and building on the site was transferred from Anders Company to TMart just shy of two weeks ago, demolition of the strip mall that had been known as Lincoln Square commenced Monday. The new owners aim to build a new, 2,400-square-foot structure that will house ...

DNR, local fire crews battle wildfire in Presque Isle County

Local News

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY — Firefighters from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and local fire departments in lower Michigan battled a wildfire late Sunday through Monday near the southeastern edge of the Tomahawk Creek Flooding in Presque Isle County. The wildfire burned about ...

Marquette created as port to ship iron ore

Community

MARQUETTE — According to legend, what is now the city of Marquette was founded for the pursuit of “truth, intelligence, integrity, and Christian morality.”  Much of the city’s growth paralleled developments in the iron mining industry, which was the key to Marquette’s ...