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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following information is collected from Marquette City Police Department dispatch log books recorded at the time the calls were received. The incidents reported may have proven to be unfounded once police investigated. Some log entries may be edited or omitted due to space ...

Nature’s harvest

Marquette resident Robert Anderson took this striking photo of thimbleberries along the Iron Ore Heritage Trail on Thursday. Did you take a great shot of the sunset over Teal Lake? Or did you happen to snap a captivating image of wildlife? The Mining Journal is accepting original local photo ...

Bog Walk royalty

Marquette resident Ron Mattson captured this Monarch Butterfly along the Presque Isle Bog Walk Nature Trail on Sunday. Did you take a great shot of the sunset over Teal Lake? Or did you happen to snap a captivating image of wildlife? The Mining Journal is accepting original local photo ...

Gravaraet 60th reunion planned

MARQUETTE — The 60th reunion of the Graveraet High School class of 1963 will be held Aug. 18-20. Friday’s gathering will be at Barrel and Beam and Saturday’s dinner will be at Marquette Golf Club. Cost is $40 per person. Send registration to Roger Contois, 2325 W. Grove, Marquette, MI 49855. For more information, call Jan Hruska at 906 225-1871, John Marshall at 906-228-5279 or Roger Contois at 906-361-4447.

Chamber Chat: A refocused and revised game plan

I’ve officially been the Executive Director of the Greater Ishpeming-Negaunee Chamber of Commerce for almost three full weeks on my own. Having been the former Marketing and Events Coordinator, I had a good sense of what type of role I was stepping into. Boy, was I wrong. Watching Bob and ...

Summer filled with the unexpected

“I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer — its dust and lowering skies.” — Toni Morrison Summer has not produced the kind of season most have expected. In light of the stories the season has produced, it has come up a draw to many. While the ...