Governor Whitmer Signs Executive Order Creating Eviction Diversion Program June 26, 2020
LANSING, Mich. — Governor Whitmer today signed Executive Order 2020-134 extending the temporary suspension of evictions until July 15 and creating the Eviction Diversion Program, which outlines a process for renters to get fast rental assistance or establish a manageable payment plan to keep Michiganders in their homes. Rental assistance…
UGLFHC will be holding COVID-19 drive through testing sites the week of June 29, 2020
Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center will be holding more COVID-19 drive through testing sites the week of 6/29. Is this something you’d be able to help us promote? Please see scripting below: “Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL), the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, and the Marquette…
Governor Whitmer Makes Appointments to Boards and Commissions June 25, 2020
LANSING, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced the following appointments to the Mackinac Bridge Authority, Michigan Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Pharmacy, and the Governor’s Educator Advisory Council. Mackinac Bridge Authority Marianna Caroline Cheeseman, of St. Ignace, is the director of compliance for the First National Bank of…
NMU Recieves Highly Competitive NEH Grant to Support a Native American Studies Project June 24, 2020
Northern Michigan University has received a highly competitive National Endowment for the Humanities grant worth $170,000 to support a Native American studies sustainable online programming project. Only 14% of the 2,300 eligible applications were funded through a new round of NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act grants,…
Marquette Hope Bazaar Saturday June 27, 2020
Marquette Hope Bazaar
When: Saturdays from 11-2
Where: Marquette Hope Church parking lot on the corner of Front and Ridge
Vendors: Willy Nilly’s Ice Cream, Tastefully Simple, Unlce Chuck’s Funny Farm, SparkleBean Crafts. Creations b…
Two Books Two Communities Announces Selections June 23, 2020
The Two Books Two Communities program, a partnership between Northern Michigan University and the Marquette and Alger County communities, has chosen The Women of the Copper Country and To the Copper Country as the books for the 2020 community read. The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell…