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Marquette Regional History Center presents: Legends & Lore: Marquette Unknown

MARQUETTE — At 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22 at Kaufman Auditorium, an annual fundraiser for the Marquette Regional History Center will take place. The Kaufman address is 611 N. Front St., Marquette. Jack Deo and Jim Koski take it to the stage for their annual presentation of astounding ...

Poetry-Palooza: NMU’s MFA Poetry Student Reading
 Saturday

MARQUETTE — Poetry-Palooza: Northern Michigan University’s MFA Poetry Student Reading
 is set for 1-2:30 p.m Saturday at the Peter White Public Library Heritage Room in Marquette. The PWPL partners with NMU’s MFA Program to sponsor an end-of-semester poetry reading. Students currently ...

Tuba Christmas on tap

MARQUETTE — At 1:30 p.m. Sunday, the Marquette Regional History Center will present a Tuba Christmas
. Join the Peter White Public Library, in partnership with the history center, for a booming, brassy concert of Christmas carols. This event will be livestreamed on the PWPL YouTube ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago ISHPEMING – A new film on the history of skiing in Michigan, including a segment on Ishpeming’s ski-jumping legacy, will air at 8 tonight on WNMU Public TV 13. In the 90-minute program titled “Winter Wonderland,” Traverse City based independent filmmaker Bill Jamerson ...

U.S. Navy cancels ships to be built in Marinette

MARINETTE — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is calling on the U. S. Navy to “keep commitments made” by bringing more shipbuilding to Wisconsin after the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar contract with a Marinette shipbuilder. Navy Secretary John Phelan announced in a social media video last ...

Storms keep snowmobile trails impassable in western U.P.

IRON MOUNTAIN — Storms that hit the Upper Peninsula over the past week have left snowmobile trails impassable across portions of six U.P. counties, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. “Some snowmobile clubs are out clearing trails, others are continuing to assess the ...