Tails and Tales Summer Reading Kickoff Monday, June 14-Wednesday, June 16. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Peter White Public Library Lower Level. Drop by during one of the three days for summer reading kickoff to get your reading log, animal bead take and make and more fun activities. Ages 0-14. Please only ...

”If you save a heat wave, would you wave back?” — Steven Wright   Nothing like a warm stretch of weather in the Upper Peninsula in mid-May to bring out spring in its fullest and turn it into the start of summer. Just four days in the 70s and 80s did it. Barely open tree buds burst ...

MARQUETTE — Marquette Area Public Schools has announced its 6-12 Teacher of the Year, Elementary Teacher of the Year and Support Staff of the Year awards. The 6-12 Teacher of the Year is Tom Seeke, a math teacher at Marquette Senior High School. The Elementary Teacher of the Year is ...

Working at the library you never know what to expect. We see so many interesting or off-beat books that it is always hard to decide which ones deserve a closer look. This week I’ve rounded up some of the most unexpected, helpful, and unique new books to hit our shelves. Rather you are a ...

MARQUETTE — Several local students are recipients of 2021 Michigan Education Association scholarships, which honor exemplary public school students from Michigan who will attend a public university in the state in the fall. Connor Johnson of Marquette Senior High School is a new winner of a ...

“At last came the golden month of the wild folk — honey-sweet May, when the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.” — Samuel Scoville Jr.   It is impossible to resist the call to go outdoors in May. The ...