MARQUETTE — A paddleboard, to many people, might conjure up images of just what its name says: a paddle and a board. Although those basic pieces of equipment probably will let a person travel on the water just fine, paddleboarding in the new VirsaQuest world could add new technological ...

“Moving in line then you look back in time to the first day,” – Jeff Lynne I count backwards from one hundred. I stop when I get to my age. The counting takes a good deal less time to complete than it used to. I contemplate that despite adding another tree ring to my own ...

“Oh, they say she died one winter when there came a killing frost,” – Michael Murphey and Larry Cansler It was a strange scene to be sure. I felt as though I had climbed the staircase to the top of the sky, and I was looking into the ever after, the hereafter or the never after. The ...

MARQUETTE — The black bear’s winter slumber will soon be over. Beginning in late March and lasting until early May, bears leave their dens and begin looking for food to replenish their bodies. As they rejoin us in search of nourishment, it’s important to remember that human behavior ...

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” - Mark Caine The firsts are arriving. The explorers, the pioneers, the early settlers of the migrants are beginning to show up, despite snowstorms, tornadoes, and ...

“Move over short dog, cuz the tall dog’s movin’ in,” – Hank Williams The threads around wintertime’s tightly sewn-up burlap sack are starting to fray, ever so slowly, but surely, providing a way for spring to break free, out into the open. This is occurring despite the still ...