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Second MDOT Adopt-A-Highway cleanup set

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MARQUETTE ­— Drivers should be on the lookout beginning Saturday as Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out across the state picking up litter. Participants in the Michigan Department of Transportation program will clean highway roadsides from July 11-19 during the second of three scheduled pickups this year. The Adopt-A-Highway program began in Michigan in 1990. As of last year, about 2,600 groups have adopted more than 6,000 miles of state highway through the program. An estimated 19,000 participants collected almost 40,000 bags of trash from roadsides during the three annual pickup ...

VA awards Michigan more than $63 million in grants for upgrades to state-operated veteran's home

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MARQUETTE – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced it has awarded the state of Michigan more than $63 million in grant funding to assist with infrastructure upgrade projects at the Michigan State Veterans Home. The grant will help Michigan construct a new 108-bed building at the facility in Marquette, one of only three veterans’ homes in the state. “VA’s ongoing support of State Veterans Homes reaffirms our commitment to providing Veterans at all stages of life with the care and dignity they have earned,” said VA Under Secretary for Health John Bartrum. “These ...

2026 Strings on the Bay Concert Series ongoing


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ESCANABA – Bay College has launched a new season of Strings on the Bay, its annual chamber music concert series, continuing a tradition of bringing high-quality performances to the community while embarking on an inspiring new chapter. All concerts will be held in the Besse Center Theater on Bay College’s Escanaba Campus. Performances begin at 7 p.m. ET on select Tuesdays. • Remaining 2026 concert schedule July 14 | Once Upon a Piano, There Were Four Hands - Amy I-Lin Cheng & Alexander Burrow. An intimate evening featuring a mother-son duo performing solo and four-hand piano ...

New study traces PFAS in Great Lakes food webs over 40 years

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MARQUETTE — Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have developed the most comprehensive look yet at how PFAS moves through the food web in the Great Lakes. The study published this spring in the Journal of Environmental Quality analyzed 42 years of studies and combined nearly 2,500 ...