Peter White Public Library Youth Services: Game Night To-Go Tuesday August 11, 4pm-7pm; Wednesday August 12, 10am-1pm & Saturday August 29, 10am-2pm. Peter White Public Library Parking lot, drive up to the pop-up tent. August’s round of take home activities feature ‘Minute To Win It’ challenges great for the whole…
The Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum Presents PAINT THE TOWN WITH LOVE, chalk art festival and contest in your own driveway, taking place August 28,29,30. Mark your calendar. Registration begins August 1, on our website http://www.upchildrensmuseum.org/. It’s FREE to be an artist and the Museum provides you with your supplies!!! The…
GWINN AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GWINN, MICHIGAN 49841 BOARD MEETING SUMMARY JULY 20, 2020 Superintendent Petrovich updated the Board on the following: what school could look like in the fall; the District’s response to COVID-19 plan; class sizes; the strategic plan; the sinking fund; and progress on hiring a special…
High water impacts continue across Michigan By JOHN PEPIN Michigan Department of Natural Resources From the Porcupine Mountains to Lime Island and Harrisville to Tawas and Van Buren state parks, record or near-record Great Lakes water levels have produced powerful impacts forcing the closure of numerous facilities. These impacts include…
Keweenaw Bay: Those able to get out on the nice days were rewarded as both Keweenaw and Traverse Bay provided ample lake trout for those primarily jigging. The few trolling also caught a few fish. Marquette: A few more lake trout, along with the occasional coho, were caught. Although catch…
Join Northern Vegans for a vegan picnic at Miners’ Park at 800 Mass St (along M-28/41) in Negaunee on Monday, August 10th, at 6PM. We plan to meet near the pavilion at the Park. Please bring your own beverage, plates, cups, utensils, and a vegan dish for you and any…
(Calumet, MI) – Historic Calumet Theater welcomes renowned guitarist/vocalist Shawn Pittman In Concert, on Monday, August 10. Showtime: 7:30pm. Tickets: $22. (General Seating). Member Discount. 340 6th St. Info: (906) 337-2610 or visit www.calumettheatre.com/events/event/shawn-pittman-and-band. The Tulsa-based Pittman recently released his thirteenth album, Make It Right (Continental Blue Heaven Records), to…
Refrigerators, tires, old cars, barrels with mysterious contents and an entire body cast are among the strange things pulled out of the woods by Adopt-a-Forest volunteers in the program’s nearly 30-year history. The DNR program’s summer forest cleanup challenge, which recently passed the halfway mark toward its goal with more than 50…
LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued the following statement after President Trump granted her request that he authorize the use of Michigan National Guard forces for COVID-19 response through December 31, 2020. Title 32 authority, which allows Guard members to receive federal pay and benefits, was previously set…
The Marquette City Fire Department was dispatched to 110 E. Michigan Avenue for a reported structure fire. As fire crews arrived on scene the Incident Commander immediately established command and noticed moderate smoke and fire conditions coming from the roof of the structure. Fire crews preformed and initial search of…