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Pet licenses available online

MARQUETTE — Marquette city residents looking to license their dog or cat can now find the applications available online at the city’s website, along with instructions for completing the form correctly. Once completed, the application can be returned to the City Clerk’s office either by ...

Contemplative sessions this month

MARQUETTE — Meditate Marquette Center for Meditation and Contemplative Practices is offering several contemplative practice sessions throughout December. A one-day virtual retreat for deepening personal practices is being offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Retreats are a time-honored ...

Hawk release set for Saturday

MARQUETTE — The Chocolay Raptor Center has announced a young red-tailed hawk will be released back to the wild this Saturday. The release will take place at 1 p.m. in a field in L’Anse. The hawk was rescued just over a month ago, unable to fly in that area, according to the release from ...

Pandemic drives economy here, elsewhere

Special to the Journal MARQUETTE — Welcome to the COVID economy: Lumber prices and tent sales soared. Great Lakes shipping took a dive. Home sales were up. And energy sales shifted from manufacturing plants to home offices. Here is a sample ride of a segment of the Michigan economic roller ...

Virtual tech help offered

MARQUETTE — Members of Northern Michigan University’s Student Cybersecurity Association will be available to help Peter White Public Library patrons with their personal technology devices from 5-6 p.m. every Tuesday in December through the Zoom app. This opportunity is for those wanting ...

NMU alumni nominees sought

MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Alumni Association Board of Directors is accepting nominations for its annual alumni awards program through Dec. 31. Graduates will be honored during the 2021 Homecoming celebration in four categories: Distinguished Alumni, Alumni Achievement, ...