There were 2,797 white students enrolled in Marquette Area Public Schools schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.
Representative Dave Prestin, a Republican from Cedar River, expressed his dissatisfaction after Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed solar siting and clean energy mandate bills into law. Prestin has been a vocal opponent of this legislation, which he believes will have detrimental effects on the Upper Peninsula.In a statement, Prestin criticized the governor's decision, stating, "The governor signed away the future of the Upper Peninsula to please climate activists, not considering the factories that this will close and the families who will struggle to afford their heat in...