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LSSU’s first year experience builds connections beyond campus

SAULT STE. MARIE – Before their first semester begins, over 30 incoming Lake Superior State University students in the College of Great Lakes Ecology and Education spent a day exploring Sault Ste. Marie, connecting with their new classmates, and contributing to the community they will call home. The College’s 2nd annual “CoGLEE Connections” first-year experience program brought incoming students together for a day of activities designed to help them explore the region, build relationships, and become connected to the Sault Ste. Marie community. The event began with a sunrise ...

Indigenous perspectives symposium on medicines set

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has announced this year's Indigenous Perspectives Symposium on Medicines, a one-day event dedicated to exploring the traditions, significance and future of Indigenous approaches to healing and wellbeing.  The symposium will be held on Friday, Sept. ...

MARQUETTE — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a response brief in Enbridge’s lawsuit over the Line 5 dual pipelines, which sits on the lakebed in the Straits of Mackinac and transport oil through the Great Lakes. Enbridge filed the lawsuit in 2020, after the Whitmer and the director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources revoked Enbridge’s easement. Whitmer’s brief challenged Enbridge’s claim that it can continue to pump oil through the Great Lakes regardless of what the State of Michigan says and reiterated that Line 5 constitutes an unparalleled risk to ...

Murdock benefit to support museum

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Maritime Museum and the Ore Dock Brewing Company present Great Lakes folksinger and songwriter Lee Murdock 's Songs of Superior Concert, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, at the Ore Dock Brewing Company. Noted as a fluent instrumentalist on six- and 12-string guitars, Murdock ...