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Global Fair Trade Market offered

MARQUETTE — Messiah Lutheran Church’s Global Fair Trade Market will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18 in the church atrium. There will be dairly traded items and goods for sale from SERRV International; Sharing the Dream in Guatemala; Colombia; Tanzania; Haiti; and Peru. ...

Carnegie to host Jack Deo event

ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, in collaboration with an award-winning photographer, will take viewers on a historic tour of Ishpeming this Saturday. Viewers will be able to look at old photographs Deo has collected and researched over the years during a livestream on ...

Impressive birds are still in Upper Peninsula

“The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of. The mite which November contributes becomes equal in value to the bounty of July.” — Henry David Thoreau The season of Autumn marches on. This past week’s weather made a convincing move ...

Traffic signal repairs set

NEGAUNEE — Michigan Department of Transportation will be performing repairs on the traffic signal on U.S. 41/M-28 at Baldwin Avenue in Negaunee on Tuesday. Beginning around 9:30 a.m., the traffic signal will be dark. Law enforcement will be present to assist in directing traffic at the ...

Fabulous fall continues for bird watchers

“Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.” — Shira Tamir The recent strong winds recently sending aspen, birch, cherry, and maple leaves have created dramatic dances with stormy clouds, rains, sometimes dramatic in their own, to send the ...

Juncos are fun birds to watch

“The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat, and singing a cheerful song.” — Charles Kuralt In the Upper Peninsula, summer-autumn hybrids can be short-lived. The recent one here was just that sort. Three days of 70+degree days were so welcomed after a ...