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A U.P. ‘utopia’

MARQUETTE — Eden waits. If you want to know how, read a novel that will be the focus of an online event featuring winners of the U.P. Notable Book List. The Crystal Falls Community District Library, in partnership with the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association, has ...

What’s Flying: Birds provide bit of wintertime color

“Color! What a deep and mysterious language, a language of dreams.” — Paul Gauguin   Those in the Upper Peninsula can become color starved in winter. As the season dives deeper into the late winter mix of near zero temperatures and tantalizing thaws the lack of vibrant colors makes ...

Down memory lane with Mary Jayne

At top left, this past week, Munising celebrated the 30th Annual Michigan Ice Fest in the Pictured Rocks National Park. The attendance has steadily grown to over a thousand climbers from all areas of United States. Here we were fortunate to come across members of the Coast Guard meeting with ...

Winter birding has been great

“Imagine if birds were tickled by feathers. You’d see a flock of birds come by, laughing hysterically!” — Steven Wright If it were true, there would uproarious laughter in Marquette these days, and in plenty of other Upper Peninsula locations, too. Winter birding has had some great ...

What’s Flying: Lack of common redpolls surprises

Along with rising and falling water, winter is the province of wind. When the sea-breath and mountain-roar bend the hemlocks of these hills, the birds hang on as best they can. — Robert Michael Pyle   Winter seems to stand out clear and certain here in the Upper Peninsula as January ...

10 cents a meal

MARQUETTE — Want to get more fresh produce to your students? Applications are open for a program with just that purpose. The application window runs through Feb. 11. The state of Michigan program titled “10 Cents a Meal for Michigan’s Kids & Farms” provides schools and early ...