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Saturday: Weekend

Springtime means summer prep

By GRACEYN KITCHEL 8-18 Media Special to the Journal Spring is in the air and summer is on the way, so in honor of that, here are some ways to get ready for the new seasons. I love to get ready for the gardening year, and sometimes the plants I plant bloom late or don't have enough time ...

Letters Against Isolation

By ZOE GRAMANA 8-18 Media Special to the Journal Most seniors in nursing homes are isolated, with just doctors and nurses and maybe a few visitors from time to time to keep them company, and some of them don’t even have those, and even if they do, visitors typically come only little ...

Historically speaking: Jackson House register shows humor of the time

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. ...

Trappers convention coming to Escanaba

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 ...

Celebrating a quarter century: Lake Superior Theater looks for the light

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.’ ...