MARQUETTE — Greek storyteller Aesop once said: “The level of our success is only limited by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” Janelle Franz and Julia Enz have made it their mission to document stories of their grandmother Margaret “Maggie” ...
Remember Y2K and Will Smith’s “Willennium” album? I was 12 years old when Big Will dropped that musical hit list. I got it for Christmas that year, and I remember sitting on the couch in our living room listening to the CD on my Sony Discman on New Year’s Eve. Man, those were the days. Everyone was concerned that Y2K would more or less bring an end to our civilized “advanced-tech” society, but I was too busy jamming to DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince to really care that much. Meanwhile, anxiety mounted as folks expected all of our computers to crash when the year ...
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England — Scarlet shackles sit peacefully on display in front of a sad, gray backdrop. The now rusted leg irons once locked human ankles during 18th century voyages from Africa to some European port, then to the Americas. Who the shackles held remain a mystery. But as a citizen of the United States, I’ve likely broken bread with a descendant of the woman forced to wear this instrument. Maybe my uncle fought alongside her kin in a war. Or it’s possible one of her distant relatives is now be my relative. These are the ...
By AMY GRIGAS Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula may have received a lot of snow in the past few weeks but that hasn’t stopped the lights from shining brightly throughout Marquette County. The Marquette Board of Light and Power has released its list of ...
I’ve been walking down Memory Lane lately. Here’s one for you: When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. But who doesn’t? I thought going to the moon would be the coolest thing since sliced bread. Just being in space alone would be amazing. My weightless body could glide around effortlessly and I’d catch floating M&Ms and Jell-O in my mouth, and at any time that I wanted I could stare at the Milky Way just by taking a peek out my window. I’ve always liked looking at the moon and stars in the nighttime sky. So far, though, the closest I ever got to space was seeing it ...
From the Michigan Department of Natural Resources COMSTOCK PARK — The Michigan Natural Resources Commission recently honored longtime conservationist Thomas Bailey with the Thomas L. Washington Award for Lifetime Commitment to Conservation and Outdoor Recreation at the commission’s ...
