Northern Michigan University is using a strategic combination of investments, university and federal aid, and cost-saving efforts to address tuition rates, coronavirus safety concerns and uncertain fiscal year 2021 state funding. The strategy could amount to a zero net increase for many students for the fall semester. It also keeps…
Fresh Express, out of an abundance of caution, has issued a voluntary recall of branded and private label salad products produced at its Streamwood, IL facility that contain iceberg lettuce, red cabbage and/or carrot ingredients due to a possible health risk from Cyclospora. According to the Centers for Disease Control…
The Marquette City Fire Department responded to Presque Isle near the observation deck for a victim who was stuck in a cave near the water. A rescuer was lowered down on a rope to the victim. The victim was uninjured and was put into a rescue harness. Victim was tethered…
MARQUETTE, MI: The Downtown Marquette Farmers Market, sponsored by the Marquette Downtown Development Authority, is transitioning to a physical, in-person market starting Saturday, July 4, 2020. There is no market Saturday, June 27, 2020, to allow for the market and its vendors to prepare for this transition. Relaxed COVID-19 guidelines…
Teen Tuesday To-Go Kit pickup Tuesdays June 16, 23 & 30: 2pm-4pm. Under tent on PWPL’s Front St. lawn. Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to participate in our Imagine Your Story Teen Tuesday take home program. Take home kits include 4 art projects and 2 cooking projects. Instructions are…
Once Upon a Storytime: Virtual Event Tuesday & Thursday June 16, 18, 23, 25, 30: 10am-10:30am ET. Virtual Event. Peter White Public Library Youth Services Facebook Page. Families with youth of all ages are invited to join us for our fairy tale themed storytime this summer as part of our…
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…
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…
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…
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,…