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Northwords and music: Summer dreams


MARQUETTE — From 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday in the Peter White Public Library Community Room, adults, seniors and family are invited to join 2022 Marquette Writer of the Year B. G. Bradley and his friends for an evening of music, stories, poetry and skits sure to make you laugh, cry, clap, and sing for those big moments in our lives. The show features two-time U. P. Poet Laureate Marty Achatz; musicians Linda Smith and Seamus Collins (Big Lake Acoustic); actress Jacque Love; and actor Jim Edwards. This event will also be livestreamed. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, ...

Queen City Marathon, 5K set

MARQUETTE — Queen City Running is hosting a half marathon and 5k Saturday. Spring Street between Third Street and Front Street will be closed from 5 a.m.-2 p.m. Spring Street from Front Street through Lakeshore Boulevard will also be closed, and Lakeshore Boulevard and Front Street will both be closed to through traffic between Main Street and Baraga Avenue from 7 a.m. to approximately 9:30 a.m. The 5K course is out and back, starting out heading north on the city multiuse path to the turnaround point near Shiras Beach Park. The half marathon course heads south on the city ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette County’s crowded job market has not been able to absorb all of the former civilian workers from Sawyer Air Force Base, forcing many to change careers, seek retraining or move from the area, a Mining Journal study found. Only 28% (62) of the 223 civilian workers who sought state job retraining and referrals have found work locally, said Gwen Wood, chief of operations of the Michigan Works. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – Northern Michigan University will purchase the Birdseye Veneer CO. property and building west of Marquette County Road 550 and ...

First Bank notes promotion of DeHaan

ESCANABA - First Bank, Upper Michigan, has announced the promotion of Alex DeHaan to assistant vice president and trust officer within the Investment Management Group. This promotion reflects DeHaan’s nearly nine years of dedication and expertise in providing service to clients. Starting ...

South Shore Family Practice opens new Marquette facility

MARQUETTE — The Lake Superior Community Partnership assisted South Shore Family Practice with the grand-opening of its new medical facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday at 1440 W. Ridge St., in Marquette. Immediately following the ceremony, an open house was held with tours, light ...

Drowning victim recovered in Marinette

MARINETTE — Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller reports that at 5:19 p.m. on July 12, Marinette County Dispatch received a call of a missing person, Harold L. Patz, age 73, of Dunbar, Wisconsin. Deputies responded to Twin Lake Road in the Town of Dunbar. Over the course of the following week, searches were conducted on the ground and in the water using grid searches, K9s, drones, boats, underwater remote operated vehicles and multiple dive teams. At approximately 12:54 p.m. Sunday, Patz was located deceased in West Twin Lake and recovered by dive team members. The ...