MARQUETTE COUNTY WILL be opening up a brand new Public Defender's Office next month. Until now, the courts have assigned a rotating list of 12-15 attorneys to represent clients who couldn't afford attorneys' fees. The new set-up will change that. The Public Defender's Office will be assigned most of those cases from now ... Continue Reading
Changes Mandated at Lakestate Industries
THE RUMOR'S BEEN out there for a while--Lakestate Industries out on M-28 is closing down! Nope. Untrue. The private nonprofit agency, which provides employment and training for the intellectually disabled, is not closing down but it will be undergoing changes in the next couple months as required by federal ... Continue Reading
The 1st Annual Holiday Herald
This Christmas we started a new feature called The Holiday Herald, where anyone would get the chance to submit an anonymous (or not so anonymous) message for all of our readers to see. We want to thank everyone for participating! Half of the proceeds we've received from this will be donated to the Marquette Women's ... Continue Reading
Lee Francisco’s Next Challenge
ONE OF MARQUETTE'S technology pioneers has left 906 Technologies, the company he founded thirteen years ago, and has moved on to a new challenge. Lee Francisco is the president of the start-up Agrimote Solutions which has invented a sensor that can monitor the soil moisture of thousands of individual plants ... Continue Reading
Hope for Munising’s Housing Crunch
FOLKS ARE ALWAYS saying it's tough to find good, affordable housing in Marquette. In Munising, it may be worse. "The housing situation is critical here," says Mayor Rod Desjardins, "but the city is working with a developer from Detroit right now looking for a solution." The plans haven't been firmed up yet and no ... Continue Reading