MARQUETTE — Despite the steady decline in unemployment rates over the last six months, Michigan is still battling a labor shortage across most industries, especially skilled trades. Businesses across Michigan need highly skilled workers in sectors such as agriculture, construction, energy ...
MARQUETTE — UP Health System has welcomed Michael Sand, DO, to its Respiratory and Sleep Medicine teams. Dr. Sand diagnoses and treats sleep disorders—such as sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy and restless leg syndrome—in adults and children ages four and older through a variety of sleep ...
MARQUETTE — While small bits of color started appearing across the Upper Peninsula weeks ago, we can now officially welcome the fall season in all its glory. As we fill our time with our favorite fall activities and food – from football and color tours to apple cider, pumpkin beer, and ...
UP HEALTH SYSTEM media release Marquette—UPHS-Marquette is pleased to welcome board-certified Neurosurgeon Elizabeth Hogan, MD, to its Brain and Spine Center. She offers specialized care for many neurological and spinal conditions, with a special focus and training in adult spinal ...
The following was recently reported by the USA National Institutes of Health. According to a growing body of research, listening to or playing music affects the brain in ways that may help to improve our overall health, and may also help us to manage various disease symptoms. This recent ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Holistic Health Fair is actively seeking vendors to participate in this year’s revival of an iconic event. Mark your calendars for 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 18, as the fair returns to the Northern Center at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. This event ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S.-based pharmaceuticals company Johnson & Johnson is being investigated in South Africa for allegedly charging “excessive” prices for a key tuberculosis drug, the country’s antitrust regulator said Friday. J&J’s Belgium-based subsidiary ...
Audrey Hepburn, an actress and fashion icon best known for her beauty and her roles in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and in My Fair Lady once said: “Everything I learned I learned from the movies.” The quote came to my mind, one autumn weekend night—the leaves out of my windows in Marquette ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will double the taxes on guns and ammunition and use the money to pay for more security at public schools and various violence prevention programs under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday. The federal government already taxes the sale of guns and ...
MARQUETTE — Dr. Ellen Narotzky Kennedy is the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award from Northern Michigan University. Education and social justice have been closely intertwined throughout most of her adult life. The Ishpeming native holds six degrees: a bachelor of arts from ...
From Northern Michigan University MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University recently held a dedication ceremony for a memorial display case and named annual scholarship honoring the legacy of the late Carl Holm, an NMU alumnus who worked 42 years in Housing and Residence Life, retiring as ...
MARQUETTE — As lakes and rivers cool with the arrival of fall, avid swimmers may be at risk for illnesses due to contact with contaminated water. That’s because of a health threat from Escherichia coli, commonly known as E. coli. It’s a bacteria from raw meat or fecal matter, which in ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center will host an archaelogy fair from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21. Attendees are invited to join an international celebration of archaeology at the MRHC on Spring Street in Marquette and enjoy hands-on learning for all ages. Multiple ...
NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee Public Library is starting a caregiver-child book club. Elementary-aged children and their caring adults are welcome to read a book together and then come to the library to discuss the book at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The program will begin with “Rise of the Earth ...
MARQUETTE — There’s nothing like almost dying to wake you up to the multiple realities of America’s health care system. I nearly died in April from a still-unidentified collapse and its complications, including pneumonia, blackouts, heavy bleeding, liver damage and ICU delirium during ...
NEW YORK — A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says. A report from First Street Foundation released ...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources plans to open its long-awaited $2 million public shooting range in Marquette County Oct. 11. “The builders are still putting finishing touches on the facility and the shooting range remains closed until Oct. 11,” said John Pepin, DNR deputy ...
By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — More than 269 tons of fish, eight different species, plus one hybrid, and a total of 9,335,410 individual fish add up to successful spring and summer stocking efforts by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and some great fall fishing for ...
In the mists of an early morning, the thought occurs to me out here amid the desolate quiet that soaks into everything like varnish, that this is the season of stragglers. The beautiful butterflies of orange, yellow and burnt orange have all flown, so have the black-throated blue warblers and ...
Carp River/Nunns Creek: Both the Carp River and Nunns Creek were producing fish, but Nunns Creek was more popular for fishing. Anglers used lures such as jointed crankbaits or spoons while wading at Nunns Creek, though fresh spawn was equally as effective. At the Carp River, lures were much ...
By Ty Koski Greater Ishpeming Negaunee Chamber of Commerce Our first spotlight is Campfire Coffee, located in downtown Negaunee! We sat down with General Manager Allison Carpenter to talk about Iron Street construction and what’s coming soon to Campfire Coffee. “The campfire is a ...
By Virginia Paulson Negaunee Historical Society There hasn’t been a hotel in Negaunee for a number of years, but it wasn’t always that way. When. the founding of Negaunee came through the operations of the Jackson Iron Company and their discoveries of iron ore in the Teal Lake region. ...
By Journal Staff ESCANABA — The largest trapping event in North America, the National Trappers Association Convention and Outdoor Show, will be July 27-29 at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. Many legendary trappers from around the U.S. will sell their wares, giving ...
Twenty five years ago, a group of Marquette residents decided to make a boathouse on Lake Superior into a theater. The first show to debut on that stage was an original musical written by Northern Michigan University professor and playwright Shelley Russell called ‘Beacon on the Rock.’ ...
By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association is extremely pleased to announce the winners of the Sixth Annual Dandelion Cottage Award. The award recognizes U.P. student short story writers of excellence in grades 5 through 12. The Dandelion Cottage ...
By LILY DIXON 8-18 Media MARQUETTE — Zoë Buckman was wearing a blue page boy cap along with a red and green top and a dozen necklaces. She somehow made it all work, and she absolutely rocked it. I had seen her nontraditional artwork online, but I never imagined I would meet her or tour ...
By MIKE STOBBE and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press NEW YORK — The latest government study on teen vaping suggests there's been little progress in keeping e-cigarettes out of the hands of kids. The data seems to show more high school students vaping, with 14% saying they had done so ...
MARQUETTE — Chloe Hale of Marquette has been awarded the $25,000 Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship. A University of Michigan double major in political science and social theory in practice, Hale will spend a year in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital and largest city, to explore the theory that health ...
Most of the hummingbirds that visited our gardens over the summer are currently en route to their winter homes in Central America. And the tiny 3-to-5-inch-long birds, which weigh just 0.1 to 0.2 ounces, need plenty of energy to fuel their journey. High-calorie food is in order, and you can ...
This is the time of year when, without fail, readers send me photos of their mutant tomatoes. Many look like Jimmy Durante (if you’re too young to know who that is, think Squidward). Others are horned, and some should carry a “for mature audiences only” warning. The good news is ...
World got you down? A hit of “dopamine decor” might lift the spirits. The biggest trend in home decorating this fall is an emphasis on happiness, self-expression, color and creativity. Does orange make you smile? Dress your kitchen in the happy hue. Love a variety of styles? Do a ...
Nature is a beautiful thing, but sometimes it can wreak havoc on a garden. Insects and wildlife have to eat, of course, and when we lay out a veritable buffet, who can blame them for gorging themselves? This is the natural order of things, and we should be happy to see monarch butterfly ...
Serving as gateway communities on either side of the Marquette-Baraga county line, Michigamme and Three Lakes are places tied indelibly to the waters of peaceful and picturesque inland lakes. This is a land of shoreline cottages, pontoon and fishing boats, swimmers, anglers, campers, ...
Houghton and Keweenaw counties exhibit a vast historical mining heritage and unmistakable exquisite beauty fanned out from the west to the northeast over what is commonly referred to as the “Copper Country.” The copper mining tradition here is displayed prominently in the holdings of the ...
Across southern portions of Schoolcraft and Delta counties, U.S. 2 skirts the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline, providing access to a range of places to explore for everyone from campers and birdwatchers to boaters, history buffs and anglers. The city of Manistique, the county seat in ...
If you’ve ever pictured yourself riding up a highway along some beautiful windswept coastline, to the top of a mountain with a commanding view, then you may well enjoy the magnificent beauty of the Keweenaw Peninsula. From just outside Mass City in Ontonagon County, M-26 winds north through ...
Hello friends, and welcome back to yet another week of food talk. Lately we’ve been talking about food’s meanings to us, and about inspiration. There’s inspiration, and there’s being uninspired. My friend Audrey recently asked the question “When you’re hungry and you’re lazy, ...
Hello friends, it’s Chris welcoming you back to Speaking With My Stomach. This probably won’t surprise any of you, but I am a huge nerd. I’m also into fitness and healthy eating. Weird combo, I know. So I’ve been doing a lot of research on Viking diet and eating habits. It turns out ...
Hey team, this is Chris for Speaking with My Stomach. So it’s been pretty hot for the first week of September, and the thermometer is going back and forth now, but I know fall is right around the corner. That means that we’re getting into one of my favorite cooking seasons. We’re going ...
Hello friends, and thank you for joining me on this wonderful week of September. Today, we’ll be talking about something a little different, but I’m writing about it anyway. Today, we’re talking about squab. Squab is a dish made from pigeon! I’ll start off with this disclaimer: Squab ...
A beautiful Indian American teen, Samidha (Megan Suri), just wants to fit in with her suburban classmates in the new horror “ It Lives Inside.” But there’s a demon at large and it’s not hormones or puberty — it’s a literal monster that will maim and kill you and anyone who tries to ...
Tuesday 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring See You Next Tuesday at Wooden Nickel, Marquette 7 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring open mic/jam with Warren Hantz and Joe Patrick at Flanigan’s, Marquette Thursday 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Jim and Ray at Blackrocks ...
By The Associated Press The return of Netflix's "Sex Education" with Gillian Anderson, Sean Penn's documentary about Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a docuseries that charts the rise of the first supermodels are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device ...
Today 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Strung Together Farewell Show at Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette Tuesday 7 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Luke Ogea at Rose’s Dugout, Marquette 7 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring open mic/jam with Joe Patrick and Warren Hantz at ...