With autumn being arguably the best time to get outside in the U.P., here are some new nature-focused additions to Peter White Public Library’s Adult Services Non-Fiction collection. Book descriptions are adapted from publisher and library catalog materials. “Backyard Birds of North ...
Today is Saturday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2026. There are 82 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned his office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion. President Richard ...
WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA — Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment is moving forward with plans to install nine additional trail counters throughout the western Upper Peninsula, thanks to a $7,500 grant from Yamaha’s Outdoor Access Initiative Program. MI-TRALE ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Beautification and Restoration Committee Thursday held its 22nd annual awards luncheon, recognizing committee and community members who go above and beyond in their work beautifying and restoring the city of Marquette. “My congratulations to all award ...
60 years ago MARQUETTE — Twenty-year terms in federal penitentiaries were meted out here today to three men who robbed the Bark River State Bank last June 27. Sentences were imposed by Judge W. Walace Kent in U.S. District Court here this morning to Robert Wayne Ross, 35, Reed City, and Roy Edwin Waldo, 25, and his brother, Clarence Elmon Waldo, 32, both of Baldwin. The three men had pleaded guilty to the charge when they were arraigned in federal court here a week ago. They admitted taking about $33,000 in a daring daylight holdup of the bank. Ross was arrested Aug. 12, in Panama ...
MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Marquette Township Board Wednesday voted unanimously in favor of renewing Northern Michigan University's lease of a township radio tower. The tower in question is located behind a public works building and is used by the university for its Educational Access Network broadband program, which provides internet to much of the Upper Peninsula. While the township does not collect any rent from NMU for use of the tower, they do receive the internet which it provides. The lease has been in place since 2009, but the new lease adds updated language and a few minor ...
