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Armageddon on wheels a fun experience

miriam miljour Hi my name is Miriam, I am 9 years old and I went to my first monster truck race. It was a few weeks ago and it was called Armageddon. It was in Escanaba at the state fairgrounds. I went because it was my dad’s birthday and because my mom was really excited to go see the monster trucks. My whole family went including my two brothers, my mom and my dad. There were lots of people there and we sat on bleachers. We had a good view because we were kind of high up and we could see really, really well. It was a big mud track. There was a guy who would wave a flag and he was ...

Decor adds to junior kindergarten experience

By CHRISTIE BLECK Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — A bare classroom with nothing but a chalkboard and blank walls isn’t exactly the best setting to nurture a young child’s mind. Fortunately for the students in Graveraet Elementary School’s new junior kindergarten program, they ...

Janesville Mall testing new ways to lure youths, families

By NEIL JOHNSON The Janesville Gazette AP?Member Exchange JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — This fall, a space that once housed a jewelry store on the Janesville Mall’s north end will become a vintage video game arcade, replete with Pac-Man and Super Mario Brothers murals on the walls. What ...

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Starting school

MARQUETTE — Negaunee Public Schools will begin school this year early, on Tuesday to be exact. A look on a calendar will show Aug. 27 to fall before Labor Day. NPS Superintendent Dan Skewis said a tie-in with Northern Michigan University is partly responsible for the early ...

Big time trivia

Esme ulland-joy, 10 April 17, 2020 next trivia In 236 days from now my family will be packing our car and heading to Stevens Point for the World’s Largest Trivia Contest. The contest is run by 90FM WWSP. It will be their 51st year putting on the contest. Going to trivia has been a tradition in our family for as long as I can remember. My dad founded our team in 1987. Back then, our team name was The Joy of Trivia, then for one year we were called the Gene Autry’s Fan Club. Now our team name is Gene Autry’s Ninja Warriors. This year we placed 26th out of 400+ teams. Our best ...