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Community Schools to graduate 17 adults

ISHPEMING —On Wednesday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at St. John’s School in Ishpeming, 17 area adults will receive their high school diploma from the Ishpeming-Negaunee-NICE Adult and Alternative Education Program. During the 55 years of service, the program has graduated 1,737 adults according to Community Schools Director William Hartman. Graduate speakers for the class of 2023 will be Mia Koski and Noah Joseph Lajoie, both of the Negaunee School District. William Hartman and Principal Jason Houle will present diplomas and Katherine Kososki, retired teacher, is to serve as master of ...

SHF awards more than $150k in spring grants

By RANDY CROUCH Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Representatives from several Upper Peninsula nonprofits braved an intense spring snowstorm to attend Tuesday evening’s Superior Health Foundation Spring Grants Celebration, which saw the organization hand out more than $155,000 in grants to help support area organizations. The celebration took place at The Holiday Inn Marquette and featured $102,557.911 in spring grants, $35,000 in indigent care grants and more than $18,000 in pilot-project and equipment grants. The grants were handed out to 16 different organizations that ...

What’s Flying: Were birds misled by recent warm weather?

“Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.” — Bill Watterson What is a little snow in April? It is like a snowstorm in Denver in February, right? Just a day or so and the snow is usually close to being gone. It is an unsettled time with the current seesaw of ...

Ishpeming Italian-food favorite changes hands

By Journal Staff MARQUETTE —To continue serving the Upper Peninsula with “fresh and authentic food options,” Focus Restaurant Concepts announced the addition of Mama Russo’s to its family. Mama Russo’s, based in Ishpeming, creates a variety of homemade Italian products and is ...

What’s Flying: Birds are flocking to the U.P. with spring’s arrival

“Ornithologists concluded that migratory birds take hundreds of naps as they fly; they also practice unilateral eye closure, in which one eye closes, thereby permitting half the brain to sleep.” — Bill Jay Sleeping on the wing with one eye open might explain a lot about how so many ...

Watching the ‘Big Lake’

Ron Mattson submitted this photo of an eagle scanning the Big Lake from its favorite perch on Presque Isle in Marquette. The photo was taken on Tuesday. 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 submissions from area residents who would like to share their notable, interesting or humorous pictures with our readers. Readers who want to submit photos for publication in the The Mining Journal should send them as large format .jpgs to newsroom@miningjournal.net. ...