“You can’t get too much winter in the winter.”– Robert Frost Winter continues to bear down on the Upper Peninsula with much colder temperatures and some regular LES. Yes, lake effect snow. It is an entertaining to watch all the new acronyms developing as the world attempts to ...
One of the most challenging parts of living in January in the Upper Peninsula is visualizing every outdoor scene as a winter wonderland. It’s a decent way to adapt to a harsh climate. Sometimes it’s easy. Other times, not as much. If every winter setting were like the painting depicted ...
MARQUETTE — The U.P. Notable Book Club will present a virtual question-and-answer session on Feb. 10 with author Jane Kopecky on her book, “World War II Conscientious Objectors: Germfask, Michigan — The Alcatraz Camp.” The free event, open to all U.P. residents, will begin at 7 p.m. ...
Flamingos in the Snow: Winter Reading Program Feb. 1-March 30. Peter White Public Library Youth Services Department. Youth under 14 are invited to participate in the Winter Reading Program. Registration opens Feb. 1 online. After registering, go to the Youth Services department to pick up a yard flamingo for the snowbanks, a first reading log and a miniature flamingo habitat. Readers have until March 30 to turn in as many reading logs as the they can, receiving a new miniature item for their miniature flamingo habitat each time they turn in a reading log. Online registration ...
GWINN — The family of Ben Lauren, a Northern Michigan University alumnus who was tragically killed in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter at age 23, has established an endowed scholarship in his memory to support NMU mechanical engineering technology students. Lauren graduated ...
The PWPL Reference staff recently completed inventory and maintenance of our yearbook collection, adding new volumes of the AGORA and TATLER, the BARAGAN, the WARRIOR, all from Marquette schools, along with the PENINSULAN from Northern Michigan University, the HEMATITE from Ishpeming and the PIONEER from Negaunee. Library patrons look for their parents and grandparents on these pages, sometimes out of personal curiosity and other times for genealogy. This unique collection is a treasure trove of family history. In order to keep these books on the shelves, and in readable condition, ...
