Ana alexander, 8 Hello, I’m Ana. I’m 10 years old and I was born in Marquette. I am in fourth grade at Father Marquette Catholic Academy. People who go there just say “FMCA.” It’s the only school I have ever gone to. My teacher is Ms. Wayland. She loves reading. My assistant teacher ...

By CHRISTIE BLECK Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Slime is having its moment. The “DIY Slime Squad” met Thursday in the children’s section of the Peter White Public Library in Marquette to follow the “do it yourself” mantra of taking matters — in this case, slime — into ...

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MARQUETTE — As the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market wrapped up another season in December, the market’s manager says it was another successful and exciting year. The farmers market is sponsored by the Marquette Downtown Development Authority, with the goal being to support local farmers, ...

By AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN One of the best ways to serve banana bread is with toasted nuts. Toasting nuts in the oven makes them taste better. Spread the nuts out on a rimmed baking sheet and heat the nuts in a 350 F oven until you can smell them, which takes about 5 minutes. Once the ...

MARQUETTE — Having already successfully graduated two cohorts of students, the Marquette-Alger Technical Middle College celebrated its fifth year of operation Thursday at the Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency. Many of these graduated students have completed their ...

Some people think video games are bad for you. I am definitely not one of those people. I started playing video games in preschool and most of them were educational video games or ones where you stand up and get exercise. The first console I ever played on was a Wii. A lot of video games that ...

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. — High school senior Zachary Brown already knows he wants to return to his hometown in northern Vermont after college. But he’s able to have a say about its future now. Brown, 17, joined a new committee that’s allowing him and 10 ...

By VALERIE WELLS Decatur Herald & Review AP Member Exchange DECATUR, Ill. — Otiyuna Franklin’s experiences as a parent mentor at French Academy have opened her eyes to a career path. She’s working toward becoming a teaching assistant. “My interest in doing this is because ...

Ava Warren, at left, celebrates the ball drop at the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum Dec. 31, 2014. Revelers again will have the chance to go to the museum’s “Elementary Ball” from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday. The museum, located at 123 W. Baraga Ave. in Marquette, will have a party with a ...

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NEGAUNEE — The younger generation entertained the older generation in a festive, holiday way Thursday morning. Fourth-graders from Lakeview Elementary School sang holiday carols to residents of Eastwood Nursing Center as part of several Negaunee Public Schools youth activities that took ...

By ISABELLE ALTMAN The Commercial Dispatch of Columbus AP Member Exchange COLUMBUS, Miss. — Glenda Buckhalter, community outreach coordinator for the city of Columbus, recently learned six homeless children she works with are not expecting anything for Christmas. The children’s ...

MARQUETTE — Kids at Peter White Public Library went “All Aboard The Polar Express,” even though they weren’t physically there. The library sponsored the special holiday-themed program Thursday in the new Youth Services Great Room. Amanda Pierce, PWPL Youth Services assistant, ...

Esme ulland-joy, 10 EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part column by 10-year-old Esme Ulland-Joy. The first part was published Dec. 2. Do you remember that in my last column at the beginning I said I hadn’t gotten a good bath bomb recipe? Well, this past summer I went to my ...

MARQUETTE — Do you have a pair of socks with a bizarre pattern possibly not suited to the workplace? Or do you simply have “normal” socks to give away? Either way, consider getting involved in this week’s Rock the Socks! fundraiser, which runs Monday through Saturday. Participants ...

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MARQUETTE — It’s never too late to teach kids about peace. Students at Father Marquette Catholic Academy again participated in this year’s Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest, which had the theme of “Kindness Matters.” The poster created by sixth-grader Kassie Pawlak ...

Esme ulland-joy, 10 EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part column by 10-year-old Esme Ulland-Joy. I have always liked science and chemistry, but until my last birthday when I turned 9 I really didn’t know how much I liked it. It started with an old Christmas catalog. I was ...

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s beloved Batkid is cancer-free and thriving. On the five-year anniversary of the day that then-5-year-old Miles Scott captured the hearts of millions by saving the day in San Francisco as “Batkid” — his ...