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Bromley’s Books to open brick and mortar location

MARQUETTE – The book bus, Bromley’s Books, is set to open the doors of its new location at 813 on Third Street, on Saturday. After half a year, the business found enough success to open a set location. “It will be so nice for our little bus to have a home base for operations, and to ...

Local Bookstores Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day

MARQUETTE – Saturday, April 26th marks National Independent Bookstore Day in the United States, and Marquette bookstores are celebrating in style. Snowbound Books, Bromley’s Books, and Read My Lips Romance Bookshop will all be holding events between 10 am and 5 pm on the 26th, featuring an ...

Pope Francis dies

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. The Vatican said Francis died of a stroke that ...

Protecting loons the goal of a local group

MARQUETTE — A local loon advocacy group wants the fishing public to know that discarded fishing line may ultimately contribute to the death of a loon. “In the last year, we have seen a major increase in the number of reports of loons entangled in discarded fishing lines,” said Melissa ...

Whitmer asks for more time for disaster relief request

LANSING, Mich. — On Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested an extension from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit a request for a major disaster declaration following a historic ice storm that knocked out power and communications and left hundreds of miles of roads blocked by ...