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We’re celebrating Women’s History Month at the library

These are titles at the Peter White Public Library that can help us all celebrate Women’s History Month: • “Dead and Alive: Essays,” by Zadie Smith — Whether she’s building an army of a strong protagonists in fiction or delivering observations that are both clever and somber, ...

NASA brings moon rocket back to launching pad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the second time this year, NASA moved its moon rocket from the hangar out toward the pad Friday in hopes of launching four astronauts on a lunar fly-around next month. If the latest repairs work and everything else goes NASA's way, the Space Launch System could ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses ease policy on transfusions a bit

Leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses are modifying their prohibition on receiving blood transfusions on religious grounds, now allowing members to decide whether to allow their own blood to be drawn and stored in advance for such things as a scheduled surgery with a risk of significant blood ...

Upcoming activities at your library

These are activities scheduled at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette through Thursday: • Art with Ella — 1-3 p.m. today, at the library’s Great Room. Join NMU art education major Ella and create art! Kids of all ages are welcome; techniques used will be adaptable for kids of ...

State police in U.P. have origins in World War I, miners’ unrest

The caption under a photo that appeared in The Mining Journal recently of the Michigan State Police caught my eye.  Several state police troopers stand with their patrol car on a rural Upper Peninsula road. This picture was actually taken at the west end of Iron Street in Negaunee, where ...

MSU, Glanbia collaborate to protect environment at dairy processor

ST. JOHNS — Processing billions of pounds of milk each year leaves little margin for error. At MWC, a state-of-the-art cheese and whey protein manufacturing facility in St. Johns, even minor disruptions in wastewater treatment can threaten production, environmental compliance and the ...