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M-64 culvert project in Gogebic County starts Tuesday

BERGLAND — The Michigan Department of Transportation is investing about $3.4 million to replace a box culvert on M-64 over Bingham Creek in Gogebic County. The project, on 
M-64, will include shoulder widening, guardrail and pavement markings. Overall, this project will replace a structure that has reached the end of its useful service life with a larger concrete culvert, extending the lifespan of the roadway and increasing safety for motorists. Work will start Tuesday and is expected to conclude Oct. 21. 
Motorists should expect single-lane closures with temporary traffic ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago MARQUETTE — The award winning musical “Haywire” returns to the Northern Michigan University campus for two performances “Haywire in Concert” will be presented on Saturday, May 25th at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on the Forest Roberts Theatre stage. “Haywire” features a libretto and lyrics by Dr. Shelley Roberts (Forest Roberts Theatre) and music by Dr. Roberts Engelhart (NMU Department of Music) and Russell Parks. The musical premiered on the Forest Roberts Theatre stage in October of 1994 as the NMU entry in the American College Theatre Festival. “Haywire” was ...

What’s New at Peter White Public Library

As much as I love to read, I find myself with a twice-renewed library book sitting open on my lap, phone in hand, 45 minutes deep into an unintentional, mindless doom-scroll. I know I can’t be the only one who has felt the negative effects of short-form video content on their attention span, especially when it comes to reading. If you’ve found yourself in a similar slump, feeling too distracted to sink into a book, a good graphic novel may be the cure. The short blocks of text, broken up by illustrations, are engaging and easily digestible, perfect to help rebuild your reading ...

Baraga County shelter home receives $223,807 infrastructure grant award

L'ANSE — The Baraga County Shelter Home has announced that the domestic violence organization has been awarded a major grant to improve its emergency shelter facilities. BCSH has been operating the shelter home in L’Anse since 1984 as a safe space for women and their children fleeing intimate partner abuse. Lack of funding for routine maintenance and unexpected repairs has been an ongoing concern for decades. “Our existing funding streams are focused on delivery of services to survivors, with very little room for structural improvements or shelter repairs,” explained Executive ...

GasBuddy forecasts most expensive summer at the pump in years

MARQUETTE – GasBuddy has released its 2026 Summer Travel Survey results and forecast, revealing that American road trip culture is showing resilience even as gas prices surge to levels not seen in years. GasBuddy forecasts the national average will reach $4.48 per gallon on Memorial Day, up sharply from $3.14 per gallon a year ago and could average $4.80 per gallon over the summer from Memorial Day through Labor Day, with the possibility of all-time record highs if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for a significant portion of the summer. Despite the price surge, 56% of Americans ...