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Meijer State Games return to Marquette Mountain

By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — For the second consecutive year, Marquette Mountain Resort is hosting the 2023 Meijer State Games of Michigan ski and snowboarding competition. The event will begin with opening ceremonies on Feb. 10 and continue through Feb. 12. The annual Olympic-style ...

Not late, early: Powers couple has hospital’s first baby of 2023

By TERRI CASTELAZ The Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Five days into the New Year, Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson in Iron Mountain finally had its first baby of 2023. And he made his arrival almost three weeks early. Valentina and Benjiman Busbani of Powers welcomed their son, Emmett ...

Will it be a good bird year?

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” — Soren Kierkegaard Last week began a look at birding in the Upper Peninsula in first half of 2022. This week will wrap up the highlights from the past year. The transition from winter to spring last year was slow ...

Ulysses S. Grant, president and general, gets a day in Ohio

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The president responsible for giving America the federal Christmas holiday is getting a special day of his own. Beginning next year, April 27 will be celebrated as Ulysses S. Grant Day in the iconic Civil War general’s home state ...

What’s Flying: A look back at 2022, part 1

“Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow. The old goes out, but the young year, Comes merrily in tomorrow.” — Emily Miller It is with mixed feelings 2022 comes to a quiet, snowy end in the Upper Peninsula. It was a chance for the matters that count, family and friends, to get back closer to what was known before COVID-19. The world continues to struggle with global warming and its effects — stronger storms, seesaw temperatures in the U.P. more tropical storms, more melting glaciers, so challenges continue. Surprises in the natural world ...

Christmas storm; Blizzard conditions cause cancellations, delays

By Journal staff MARQUETTE — Wintery weather disrupted the Christmas holiday across the Upper Peninsula, including causing thousands of power outages in the eastern U.P. Many church services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were canceled or postponed due to a combination of snow ...