Schyler Perkins

Fact check: Were hikers ushered off U.P. mountain by DNR after ‘big cat’ sighting?

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) — Over the weekend, some outdoor enthusiasts around Marquette became concerned over someone’s warning about a “big cat” sighting on Sugarloaf Mountain, saying they heard DNR officers were telling people to get off the trails. The talk started with a post in a private Facebook group for women in the Upper Peninsula which read, “fiancé was up at Sugar Loaf today and was told to get off the trails due to people telling the DNR that they saw some sort of big cat. He doesn’t k…

MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJMN) — Less than a month ago power was restored to local business owners in the Westwood Mall after a 6-day outage caused by the building owner’s failure to pay the bill. On Tuesday, a letter from the Marquette Board of Light and Power is telling them that it might be happening […]

ESCANABA, Mich. (WJMN) — In a second vote this week, the Board of Canvassers in Delta County decided Friday evening to certify the May 7 Commissioner Recall Election. The failure to certify led to the cancellation of the Oath of Office ceremonies for two of the three recall challengers who successfully unseated the incumbent commissioners in near-equal landslide victories. The third winner was scheduled to be sworn in on Monday. At the heart of the initial hesitance of Republican Canvasser Bonni…

MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJMN) — Leaders with Michigan Veterans Homes are now looking at a property in Marquette Township as the next potential home for MVH D.J. Jacobetti, according to a spokesperson for the organization. This comes after plans to build the home’s new location along Lake Superior in the City of Marquette were scrapped […]

GLADSTONE, Mich. (WJMN) — Troopers with the Michigan State Police evacuated five seniors from a nursing home in Gladstone after a fire was reported early Thursday morning. A spokesperson for MSP said the fire was called in just after 4 a.m. at a facility called “A New Dahn Rising,” on Delta Avenue and 13th Street. […]

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) — Two Marquette-area entrepreneurs who sell restaurant-quality, fresh mushrooms have also received a big grant to further their research into how fungi could be a solution to the nationwide PFAS problem—and maybe even blast projectile into the stratosphere. Mushroom enthusiasts-turned-researchers Joe Lane and Ryan Iacovacci met a few years ago in a […]

HOUGHTON, Mich. (WJMN) — A Houghton County judge advanced the cases against a mother and son closer to trial after hearing new information about the alleged occult motivations for the killing of 87-year-old Alvin Kempainen late last year. On Monday, Houghton County Prosecutor Dan Helmer argued during a preliminary hearing that there was enough evidence to move the cases for murder suspects Margaret and Jacob Kempainen along to circuit court. 50-year-old Margaret and now 21-year-old Jacob both fa…

UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WJMN) — Across the Upper Peninsula, the Department of Natural Resources is set to auction off nearly 30 properties to the highest bidder. “Lake frontage, river frontag…

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) — Families of sextortion victims shared their stories alongside a national organization for a Day of Action on Tuesday, criticizing Meta for their lagging reporting times am…