Planning on paddling the AuTrain River this summer? Hiawatha National Forest staff advise that you “know before you go…” Throughout the summer of 2020, expect to see and hear timber harvest activities along the AuTrain River. You may see a lot of activity along the river including heavy equipment,…
Gypsy moth caterpillars are eating leaves; here’s what to do Michigan Department of Natural Resources forest health experts are getting reports of oak, aspen and maple trees losing leaves to gypsy moths in the southwestern and northeastern parts of the Lower Peninsula. The gypsy moth is an invasive species that…
Munising, MICH — Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is reopening drive-in campsites and backcountry camping. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to…
Northern Michigan University is offering 11 self-paced, online educational modules related to the COVID-19 pandemic free of charge. NMU faculty members from a variety of disciplines developed the short, non-credit courses. Topics range from the scientific aspects of coronaviruses and testing to the impacts on communities, businesses and families. “We…
Keweenaw Bay: Anglers have found a decent number of lake trout combined with a few Chinook salmon, splake, steelhead and brown trout. Huron Bay and Traverse Bay were producing a few fish, though anglers may have to put in some time to find them. Marquette: The fish cleaning station is…
Northern Michigan University is suspending the per-credit online fee for all distance learning courses this fall, as it did for the winter and summer semester. This also applies to Global Campus students. NMU continued the waiver because some courses originally scheduled for face to face instruction might be modified or…
School Board elections take place on even-year November general election dates. Candidates who plan to run for their local school board at the November 2020 election must file an Affidavit of Identity and either a nonpartisan nominating petition or a nonrefundable fee with the Marquette County Clerk’s Office by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Failure to file an Affidavit of…
Peter White Public Library Youth Services: Call for Art: “The Ickabog” Art Stroll Now taking submissions for “’The Ickabog’ Art Stroll”. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, is releasing a fairy tale online this summer. Go to theickabog.com and read the story as chapters are released every week…
THE MARQUETTE COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION WILL BE CLOSING COUNTY ROAD 492 IN MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP JUST WEST OF FOREST HILLS DRIVE (APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES EAST OF M-35) FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A CULVERT. THIS CLOSURE WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 7 A.M. UNTIL 8 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020. NO…
LANSING, Mich. — Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed Executive Orders 2020-114 and 2020-115 to reopen more regions and economic sectors under the MI Safe Start Plan. Starting on June 10, Regions 6 and 8 — which include much of northern Michigan and all of the Upper Peninsula — will…