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Teen pleads no contest in Marinette drowning death

MARINETTE, Wis. — A teen accused in the August 2025 drowning of a 13-year-old Marinette boy has pleaded no contest to second-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime. Peyton Carnot, 17, of Kaukauna, Wis., appeared in the Marinette County Circuit Court Branch 2 on Tuesday, where ...

Two killed when car is struck during Marinette County pursuit

MARINETTE, Wis. — Two people were killed Thursday evening after being hit by a vehicle fleeing law enforcement in the Town of Peshtigo. A Marinette County Sheriff’s deputy at 6:38 p.m. Thursday attempted to initiate a traffic stop of a vehicle with two individuals near the intersection of Pine and Maple streets, according to a Marinette County Sheriff’s Office news release. According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, the vehicle failed to stop. The deputy’s pursuit ended three minutes later when the pursued vehicle crashed into another ...

Alarmed about algal bloom at Six Mile Lake

Six Mile Lake caused a few days of concern this past week when its waters turned green, as if lime-colored oil had been poured onto the surface, thick enough to trace trails. It had me worried about blue-green algae, which can be toxic to humans, pets and wildlife. While cyanobacteria has ...

University enrollment drops 2% in Michigan, first drop in three years

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Lake Superior State University, Eastern Michigan University and Northern Michigan University were hit hardest this fall as enrollment declined ...

Chronic wasting disease creeps farther north in Wisconsin

IRON MOUNTAIN — A report this week that a wild deer in Marinette County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease comes after several thousand deer harvested in the county since 1999 have tested negative. The 3-year-old adult buck near Peshtigo that was found to have CWD was humanely ...

History center hosts annual art sale

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center will host the 26th-annual Holiday Art Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, Nov. 14. The event is a good way to start holiday shopping and support local artists in every medium. The sale will take place at the Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring St. in Marquette. The History Center provides access to world-class exhibits. The museum will have an old-fashioned bake sale, their annual Dollhouse Days, a membership drive and the history center gift shop will be open for the event. This year’s artists ...