ISHPEMING — Writer Sidney Sheldon once said, “Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.” One West Ishpeming teen has sought to provide that fuel to her ...
MARQUETTE — On Wednesday, the city of Marquette released a survey to residents as part of the creation of its sustainable tourism plan. The plan, once it’s created, will address “how to keep what's good about tourism, deal with what's hard about it, protect the places we love, and make sure it works for the people who live here year-round,” according to a post on the city’s Facebook page. The survey is anonymous, and addresses questions such as overall feelings about tourism, benefits and drawbacks of tourism and support for various hypothetical tourism management plans, ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette residents are invited and encouraged to participate in the community wide “Trash to Treasure weekend” running from Sept. 11-13. “The purpose of the program is to provide a venue for the recycling of reusable household items such as furniture, lamps, electronics and other working household items,” reads a news release. “The program is designed to increase awareness of recycling by creating an alternative means of reusing items that would otherwise end up in the landfill.” The guidelines are as follows: Residents can place reusable/serviceable items in ...
MARQUETTE — On Monday, the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office’s special operations division was dispatched to an ORV dirt bike accident on Route C in Champion Township after receiving a report that a 40-year-old man was unconscious on the trail. Deputies found two victims at the scene — a 40-year-old Ishpeming man and a 44-year-old Ishpeming man — who were riding dirt bikes together and were headed eastbound on Route C when the two bikes collided, causing both riders to lose control and crash. Both men sustained minor injuries in the collision and were transported by EMS to ...
NEW YORK — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday. The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.2%, up from 3.6% the year before. That's ...
MARQUETTE — After nine years away, a popular art installation has returned to South Front Street in Marquette — several rows of colorful umbrellas along the Rosewood Walkway. “We're excited to bring them back for the community to enjoy,” reads a Downtown Marquette Facebook post. ...
