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New youth mural celebrates local collaboration and adds color to the Marquette community
18+ hour, 16+ min ago (355+ words) WNMU-FM New youth mural celebrates local collaboration and adds color to the Marquette community A conversation with Zosia Eppensteiner and Jake Fether We recently welcomed Zosia Eppensteiner, CEO of the Community Foundation of Marquette County, and MAPS art teacher Jake…...
Flights to Minneapolis from Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport to be suspended
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (148+ words) WNMU-FM Flights to Minneapolis from Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport to be suspended SAWYER, MI" Officials with Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport say air service between Marquette and Minneapolis'Saint Paul will be suspended after Labor Day. Airline representatives have expressed intent to…...
Garden man nabbed for possessing drugs, 40 firearms
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (158+ words) ESCANABA, MI" A Delta County man has been arrested on gun and drug charges. Michigan State Police from the Manistique Outpost learned of a person who was suspected of being a felon in possession of firearms. On Thursday, Bruce Rochefort,…...
Gas prices rise ahead of Independence Day holiday
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (257+ words) DEARBORN, MI" Gas prices in Michigan are up 9 cents from a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of$4. 10per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is42 cents lessthan this time last month but still 82 cents more than this time…...
NMU sets tuition for 2026/2027 school year
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (129+ words) WNMU-FM NMU sets tuition for 2026/2027 school year MARQUETTE, MI" The Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees has approved new tuition and fee rates for the coming school year. The average resident undergraduate will pay $7, 889 per semester beginning this fall"an…...
Ishpeming duo charged with child abuse and animal neglect/abuse
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (144+ words) WNMU-FM MARQUETTE, MI" The names of the two suspects arrested after troopers found 16 dogs, a cat, and two young children in squalid conditions in an Ishpeming home have been released. Tuesday evening, troopers from the Negaunee Post tracked a domestic…...
Two UP banks sign merger agreement
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (149+ words) HANCOCK AND MARQUETTE, MI" Superior National Bank and Range Bank are merging. Keweenaw Financial Corporation and Range Financial Corporation on Wednesday announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Based in Hancock, Keweenaw Financial is the holding company of…...
Domestic violence investigation leads to child abuse and animal neglect arrests in Ishpeming
1+ week, 7+ min ago (182+ words) ISHPEMING, MI" Two Ishpeming residents have been arrested on child and animal abuse charges. Tuesday around 8: 10 p. m. , Michigan State Police from the Negaunee Post responded to a report of domestic violence at an Ishpeming Township residence. The suspect had left the…...
Bridging mountains and forests with poet Alex Vartan Gubbins, as he explores identity and history in new collection "Decoding the Hill of Dead Kings"
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (380+ words) WNMU-FM Bridging mountains and forests with poet Alex Vartan Gubbins, as he explores identity and history in new collection "Decoding the Hill of Dead Kings" A conversation with Alex Vartan Gubbins Poet and educator Alex Vartan Gubbins recently joined Kurt…...
Sault Ste. Marie suspect shoots at neighbor's house, turns gun on himself
1+ week, 5+ day ago (161+ words) SAULT STE. MARIE, MI" A Sault Ste. Marie man is dead, after he shot at a neighboring residence Thursday. The Sault Ste. Marie Police and Fire departments were dispatched around 1: 40 p. m. to a house on Young Street. Investigation revealed there had…...