By DREYMA BERONJA Journal Staff Writer ISHPEMING — Tristan Dieterle Armatti always liked to be outside doing something fun and enjoying the weather before passing away at the age of 13. Now, in honor of his memory, the Ishpeming community will have the chance to participate in a snowshoe ...
GWINN — There will be a Feeding America food distribution at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Grace Lutheran Church at 558 W. M-35 in Gwinn. This is a drive-through event. Attendees are asked to remain in their cars where food will be delivered by volunteers. Many mobile food pantry sites will allow food to be picked up by a proxy (stand-in) for another household that cannot physically attend. People picking up items will need to provide the name, address and household size of any other family for whom they’re picking up food. Most mobile pantry sites have a limit on how many households ...
“January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.” — Sara Coleridge Snow has come to the Upper Peninsula in goodly amounts already January, along with some ice too, adding a true feel of winter to nearly all outdoor experiences. Birding in Marquette County has been no different. Recent storms have made nearly all the roads greasy slick with 30 degrees F salt mixed slush and some great, blustery snow squalls. True winter birding has been a great part of what has been happening in Marquette, to be sure. Dozens of walkers and birders have had a great opportunity to ...
By DREYMA BERONJA Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marquette and Alger Counties is looking for adult volunteers from the Central Upper Peninsula to ‘join the village’ and become a ‘big.’ The area BBBSMA serves has grown to include all of the Central ...
By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette plans to put out a bid request today to build a biosolid processing facility at its wastewater treatment plant. Mark O’Neill, director of municipal utilities, said the project stems from the treatment and disposal of biosolids at the wastewater treatment plant. “We basically have two options,” O’Neill said. “We can either put them in the landfill, which is really expensive, or we can beneficially reuse them. That entails either hauling it out as liquid to Cleveland-Cliffs for their tailings ...
By RANDY CROUCH Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Preparations are underway in the city of Negaunee as officials continue the tradition of honoring the snow god. The 2023 Heikki Lunta Winter Festival will return during the first weekend of February. On Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4, ...
