LANSING — You might see unusually tall grass in your neighborhood this month. That’s because a few Michigan cities and various residents have adopted the “No Mow May” initiative, aimed at promoting a healthy habitat for pollinators like bees to thrive. Michigan cities promoting No ...
LANSING — A webinar titled “To infinity...and beyond (beauty)! Highlighting a statewide ornamental invasive plant outreach program” is scheduled for 9 a.m. May 25. The focus will be on the Go Beyond Beauty program, which recognizes garden professionals and community members who have ...
By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — A book first published in 1968 is the focus of the next U.P. Notable Book List virtual event. The Crystal Falls Community District Library. partnering with the U.P. Publishers and Authors Association, said the May 11 event will ...
BERLIN — Assia Gorban was 7 years old when the Germans occupied her hometown of Mogilev-Podolsky in Ukraine. The Jewish girl and her family were first imprisoned in a ghetto on the outskirts of town and later forced onto a cattle car that took them to the Pechora concentration camp in ...
MARQUETTE — When the spring thaw begins at Marquette’s Presque Isle Park and there are a couple of rainy nights with temperatures in the 30s and 40s, blue-spotted salamanders suddenly emerge from their underground winter burrows. They migrate across remaining snow and the park’s road to ...
MARQUETTE — A day in the life of a student newspaper writer can take that reporter to many different parts of the school. Or it can take them to the sixth-floor office of a university president. Marquette Senior High School sophomores Roenak Ghiardi and Dixon Poggi on Thursday interviewed ...