By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — The natural beauty of the Upper Peninsula is just one theme found in the next featured book of the U.P. Notable Book Club, “Superior Voyage.” The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association and the Crystal Falls Community ...
ISTANBUL (AP) — An American researcher who spent 11 days stuck in a Turkish cave after falling ill said Thursday that he thought he would die there before a complex international rescue operation got him out. Mark Dickey, 40, appeared relaxed as he spoke to reporters at a hospital in ...
Blackberry John left me his old recipe in his will,” – Gordon Lightfoot It was after suppertime when I backed into a makeshift parking spot off a remote two-track road. I was getting ready to wet my fishing line before the sun went down. As I came around the brushy side of my Jeep to get ...
By KRISTI EVANS and IAN MCCULLOUGH Northern Michigan University MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University alumnus Alex Ermatinger graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and biology. After a few years working in chemical engineering and then pharmaceutical ...
MARQUETTE — Here are the Upper Peninsula fishing conditions as of Aug. 31 according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources: Little Bay de Noc: Perch anglers reported slow to fair fishing, with continued success fishing and drifting minnows. Walleye anglers in the upper bay caught ...
“Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will, he sounds too blue to fly,” — Hank Williams From a weary world of blue-black skies and gathering darkness, I stood alone in the woods along the riverbank. There hadn’t been much happening in any real sense as I walked the narrow angler’s trail, ...