MARQUETTE — The new World War II novel, “The Ways We Hide,” features a character raised in Michigan’s Copper Country. The book’s author is Kristina McMorris, whose New York Times bestseller, “Sold on a Monday,” sold a million copies since its publication in 2018. “The Ways ...
MARQUETTE — Mark Sept. 8 on your calendar if you want to learn more about growing up in Ironwood. The U.P. Notable Book Club’s next author event will feature Raymond Luczak’s “Once Upon a Twin” at 7 p.m. that day via Zoom. The Crystal Falls Community District Library, in ...
MARQUETTE —Marquette County CROP Hunger Walk is set for Oct. 2 at Marquette Hope Connection Center, 927 W. Fair Ave., Marquette. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. and the walk will start at 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome to join in the fight to end hunger — one step at a time. Walkers are ...
MARQUETTE — Looking for fossils doesn’t mean people have to worry about getting trampled by a rolling boulder a la Indiana Jones. Sixteen families gathered at MooseWood Nature Center on Friday to “dino-orienteering,” a blend of orienteering and looking for fossils. Renee Jewett, ...
MISSION, Kan. — Melissa Lee comforted her son and daughter after a student opened fire in their suburban Kansas City high school, wounding an administrator and a police officer stationed there. Then weeks later, she wept for the parents in Uvalde, Texas, who were forced to bury their children after the massacre there in May. She said she was “absolutely” reassured when she learned her district had since purchased one of the panic-alert systems gaining traction nationwide amid a surge in school violence. The technology, featuring wearable panic buttons or mobile phone apps, ...
By NMU ALUMNI RELATIONS MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University Alumni Relations has announced four recipients of the 2022 Alumni Awards: Steve Nystrom (‘82 BS, ‘86 MA) of Marquette, Distinguished Alumni; James Paquette (‘74 BS) of Negaunee, Alumni Achievement; Stephanie Lay (‘10 ...
