41st Annual Pigs’n’Heat returning next week!

What first began when Marquette City Police Officer Larry Grimsby, Michigan State Trooper Dave Rotteman, and Marquette City Firefighter Dan Dagenais wanted to raise money to assist a family with three young children whose home had just been lost to a fire. Flash forward 40 years; today the Pigs-N-Heat Charity hockey game draws between 2,500–3,000 people and raises approximately $15,000 to $20,000.

Fire departments throughout the county include: Champion/Humboldt Township, Chocolay Township, Forsyth Township, Ishpeming City, Ishpeming Township, Marquette City, Marquette Township, Michigamme/Spurr Township, Negaunee City, Negaunee Township, Powell Township, Republic Township, Richmond Township, Sands Township, Skandia/West Branch Township and Wells Township.

Police Departments throughout the county include: Chocolay Township, Forsyth Township, Ishpeming City, Ishpeming Township, Marquette City, Marquette County Sheriff’s, Michigan State Police, Negaunee City, and Northern Michigan University Public Safety.

Although police and fire department support has been great, it is the overwhelming community support and participation that make the Pigs-N-Heat Fire Relief Fund Hockey game so successful. Tickets are available now from police and firefighters around the county and will also be available at the door.