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NAMI Alger Marquette final picnic

MARQUETTE — After 39 years of providing mental health support and education to our local communities, NAMI Alger Marquette has concluded its affiliation with the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It invites those who have participated in or benefited from its affiliate's efforts to join them for a goodbye celebration picnic at the Presque Isle Pavilion at noon Tuesday, June 23. Please bring your lunch if you're so inclined. Organizers look forward to sharing NAMI stories and appreciate your support over the years.

DSISD students complete Escanaba home through Build U.P. partnership

ESCANABA — Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District Building Trades students have completed a new home at 820 Willow Creek Road, in Escanaba, through a program that connects interactive learning with real housing impact in the community. The roughly 1,600 square-foot home was built by students in the district’s Career and Technical Education program with funding support from InvestUP’s Build U.P. program, which provided $200,000 toward the project cost. Beyond creating a new home for the market, the work gave students direct exposure to framing, electrical, roofing, HVAC, ...

New Enviroweather app helps Michigan farmers make faster field decisions

MARQUETTE — A new mobile app from Michigan State University is giving farmers easier access to real-time weather, field, and crop modeling data right from their phones, helping them make faster and more precise decisions while working in the field. The free Enviroweather Mobile app builds on a long-running desktop system and connects growers to data from 119 automated stations across Michigan that track conditions like temperature, rainfall, wind, humidity and soil moisture. In the Upper Peninsula, the tool is already being used by growers monitoring potato seed fields in McMillan and ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago MARQUETTE — For many lovers of the northwoods, spending a quit evening along the shores of a tree-lined lake in a snug little log cabin is only a dream. Later this summer, however, that dream will come true for “campers” who head to Harlow Lake in the Little Presque Isle state Recreation Area north of Marquette. Construction there on six rustic cabins is expected to be complete soon. They should be ready for occupancy about Aug 1, said Dennis Nizich, area forest manager for the state Department of Natural Resources Forest Management Division at the Ishpeming field ...

Health care and public health leaders launch Michigan for Vaccines

MARQUETTE — Health care providers, public health agencies, community organizations, and family advocates from across Michigan joined together today to launch Michigan for Vaccines, a new statewide, cross-sector immunization coalition dedicated to protecting and strengthening vaccine ...

Appointments to state boards, commissions made

MARQUETTE — A trio of Upper Peninsula residents, including one from Marquette, have been named to state boards and commissions recently by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. • Michigan State Waterways Commission  Capt. Scott LaBonte, of Sault Ste. Marie, is the general manager at Famous Soo Locks Boat Tours. Previously, LaBonte served as the fire chief for the city of Sault Ste. Marie Fire Department. LaBonte holds a Bachelor of Science in fire science from Lake Superior State University. Scott LaBonte is reappointed to the State Waterways Commission as a person residing north of Townline 16 ...