Above: Students from New Attitudes Dance perform for the residents of Brookridge Heights Assisted Living. Dancers brought a variety show to seniors including dance, vocal, and musical performances and the showcase ends with gifts for the residents handed out by youth from the studio. (Photo ...
Eleven-year-old Mason and his six-year-old brother Maverick Laplaunt drop off toys for The Mining Journal’s Cheer Club. The boys said they try to donate to the club every year. The Cheer Club kicked off on Nov. 25, collecting unwrapped toys and gifts to be donated to local children and ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Area Blues Society announces upcoming elections for its Board of directors. For those interested, nominations must be submitted by the Dec. 21 board meeting. The elections will be held at the Jan. 18 meeting. Nominations are open to any current MABS members. For more information, access the website at www.marquetteareabluessociety.com or call Mark Hamari at 906-235-9690.
By RANDY CROUCH Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — A Marquette-based support group, Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families, is now holding meetings every week. The organization is a 12-step program that aims to create a safe, anonymous place for anyone struggling with the effects of growing up within a dysfunctional home. A member of the group says that there is no one-size-fits-all definition of what makes for a dysfunctional home. Some people struggle having parents who have substance issues, others come from abusive homes. “Children from these kinds of ...
By ED WHITE Associated Press Mask orders were controversial when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration changed course and left key decisions to local health departments. The result: blistering criticism and tense confrontations at county board meetings in some parts of Michigan. Critics had pleaded with elected commissioners to intervene, carrying signs that said, “Our Kids Our Choice” and “Parents Know Best!” There is nothing in state law that “requires a local health officer to give notice, allow comment or obtain approval by a board of commissioners before ...
“How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!” - Thomas Wentworth Higginson The Upper Peninsula has worked through many issues this fall to approach winter in a civil way. The western counties have borne the brunt of the early storms, with ...
