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Ironworkers Local 8 receive $1 million EDA grant

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HARVEY — A more than $1 million investment in the Ironworkers Local 8 training center in Harvey will expand skilled trades training capacity in the Upper Peninsula, helping prepare workers for careers in construction, infrastructure, manufacturing and other industries. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded $801,598 to the Ironworkers Local 8 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for new training equipment. Combined with $200,399 in matching funds from the Ironworkers and Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 2, the project ...

Slate of Oktoberfest events set for weekend

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MARQUETTE — Prost! Prost! A slate of Oktoberfest events is set for downtown Marquette this weekend. Blackrocks Brewery is set to host its annual Oktoberfest event from noon to 11 p.m. on Saturday. The event and music schedule is as follows: 2-3 p.m., Octatuba 3:30-5 p.m., World’s ...

LWVMC to distribute voter guides throughout the community

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It’s election season, which means it’s time to check out the League of Women Voters’ award-winning, nonpartisan voter resources, available online at VOTE411.org and in the League’s printed voter guides. These resources are brought to you locally in collaboration with the Mining Journal ...

Call for more air quality monitors in the U.P.

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MARQUETTE – There are more than 40 air quality monitors across Michigan operated by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, but only two in the Upper Peninsula.  And that raises serious public health concerns due to an increasing number of wildfires and the smoke that follows, environmental experts say.  “Particulate matter can penetrate deep into lungs, and wildfire smoke exposure is an immediate acute event,” said Samantha Pickering, the public and environmental health policy manager at the Michigan Environmental Council.  One is at the Seney National ...