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Senators oppose SNAP benefit withholding

MARQUETTE — U.S. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., joined Senate Democrats in introducing legislation to prevent the Trump Administration from withholding available funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program ...

Workshop to focus on artist’s text panels

MARQUETTE — A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes, a few words can help describe a picture. Galleries and art exhibits use descriptive text panels, sometimes called didactic labels, that provide information about an artist or an artwork to viewers, patrons, and ...

Community schools honor roll cited

ISHPEMING — Ishpeming-Negaunee-NICE Community Schools would like to congratulate the following students for their honor roll accomplishments during this first quarter of the 2025-26 school year: The students are Austen Arvon, Bella Bale, Sammy Black, Ace Payne, Katelyn Perez, Rowen Rexford, ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago MARQUETTE – A Marquette mother believes the Gift of Reading program has had a positive impact on her daughter. The woman, who asked not to be identified, said her 14-year-old daughter received several books last year including a mystery story. “My daughter really enjoyed the ...

Gladstone adopts new municipal harbor rates

GLADSTONE — Rates for boaters at the Gladstone Municipal Harbor and others throughout Michigan are prepared to increase by about 10% next year. As a state aid harbor, Gladstone, like neighboring Escanaba, is required to report to the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources, whose ...