MUNISING — A great many retired nurses would agree that among the more troublesome legacies they experience from a career in health care is nagging back problems. That’s because in addition to the highly skilled technical tasks nurses routinely take on, using their bodies to reposition ...
MARQUETTE — The Menards home improvement store in Marquette Township is pitching in to help support local food pantries. Now until the end of July, store patrons can drop off non-perishable food items at special drop-off points near the store’s exits, said Daniel Staley, the store ...
MARQUETTE — A local agency has deployed three climate monitoring and maritime safety buoys for the season from the south shore of Lake Superior. Staff from the Superior Watershed Partnership in Marquette deployed the buoys recently with boat support provided by the Michigan Department of ...
REPUBLIC — For the third consecutive year this summer, the Higher Love Cannabis Co. is sponsoring a three-day music festival in the West End. Known as the Summer Jubilee, the gathering started out as an employee appreciation event several years ago, said Taylor Busch-Anderson, company ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — U.S. Coast Guard-led efforts to investigate what led the self-discharging freighter the Honorable James L. Oberstar to apparently scrape the bottom of the St. Marys River near Neebish Island Sunday continue. The 806-foot boat, owned by the Interlake Steamship Co. of ...
NEGAUNEE — The people who manage the Negaunee Public Library have put together a lengthy list of July activities for anyone visiting the venerable outlet. For example, the library knitting group meets at 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the library. Crocheters, knitters, and others interested in ...