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UPDATE: Power restoration efforts underway in Marquette County

Upper Michigan's Source · last updated

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) — UPDATE: As of 7:45 p.m., all power has been restored.

Published 2/20/26 at 6:44 PM

UPDATE: As of 6:44 p.m., the number of outages in Marquette County was down to 232.

Published 2/20/26 at 5:11 PM

As of 5:11 p.m. Friday, 2,021 are without power in Marquette County. The main areas without power are Chocolay Township, Harvey and Skandia Township.

The main provider of those facing the power outage is the Marquette Board of Light and Power, with just more than 5% of customers facing the outage.

The Marquette Board of Light and Power could not be reached for comment.

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