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Thrift, antique stores can be magical places

To me, Marquette is a city known for its numerous thrift stores and boutiques. A thrift store is a magical place, filled with amazing objects just waiting to be discovered. You never know what these stores hold. Thrift stores also have another genre of stores that fall under the ...

Mackinac Island really a summer paradise

Today, in this article, I’m going to tell you about the time I visited Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island last summer with my mom, brother, my aunt and my two cousins. It started with a three-hour car ride to Mackinaw City to check into our hotel. On our way, we stopped at a zoo to stretch ...

Creating poems can be more fun than just reading them

There are three main structures of poems — haiku, free verse and limerick. In this column, I will show examples of each type and explain tips and tricks on how to write your own. Haikus follow the pattern of five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. If you don’t know what a ...

Cranberries thrive right in our neck of the woods

I have learned quite a bit about cranberries this year, and I wanted to share my research. In August, I visited a cranberry bog near Eagle River, Wisconsin, not far from the Michigan border, while on a trip with my mother and sister to get a spinning wheel I found on Facebook Marketplace. ...

Follow the rules while still having fun in space

By IRIS DOHRENWEND 8-18 Media I got the wonderful opportunity this summer to interview NASA astronauts Dr. Anna Fisher and Suni Williams. Have you ever wondered what rules astronauts have to follow in space? Here are some funny things that astronauts can’t bring into space: A big ...

Getting to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour a wild ride

One night (or morning), my mom told us — my sister and I — that she wanted to go on a girls trip, AND we could see Lindsay Stirling, a singer-violinist dancer who dances while playing violin, and a very, very famous singer. Can you guess her? ...