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National Park Foundation awards $1.2 Million to support youth, community fishing

MUNISING — The National Park Foundation recently announced a record $1.2 million in grants to support Junior Ranger Angler programming across the country. Locally, the Keweenaw National Historical Park and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore have been chosen as sites for programs designed to connect youth with nature through fly fishing. • At the Keweenaw, in partnership with the Calumet Keweenaw Sportsmens Club, this project utilizes youth fishing opportunities and education to bring together the varied communities of Michigan's famed Copper Country through multiple fishing events ...

2026 Strings on the Bay Concert Series ongoing


ESCANABA – Bay College has launched a new season of Strings on the Bay, its annual chamber music concert series, continuing a tradition of bringing high-quality performances to the community while embarking on an inspiring new chapter. All concerts will be held in the Besse Center Theater on Bay College’s Escanaba Campus. Performances begin at 7 p.m. ET on select Tuesdays. • Remaining 2026 concert schedule July 14 | Once Upon a Piano, There Were Four Hands - Amy I-Lin Cheng & Alexander Burrow. An intimate evening featuring a mother-son duo performing solo and four-hand piano ...

VA awards Michigan more than $63 million in grants for upgrades to state-operated veteran’s home

MARQUETTE – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced it has awarded the state of Michigan more than $63 million in grant funding to assist with infrastructure upgrade projects at the Michigan State Veterans Home. The grant will help Michigan construct a new 108-bed building at the facility in Marquette, one of only three veterans’ homes in the state. “VA’s ongoing support of State Veterans Homes reaffirms our commitment to providing Veterans at all stages of life with the care and dignity they have earned,” said VA Under Secretary for Health John Bartrum. “These ...

Second MDOT Adopt-A-Highway cleanup set

MARQUETTE ­— Drivers should be on the lookout beginning Saturday as Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out across the state picking up litter. Participants in the Michigan Department of Transportation program will clean highway roadsides from July 11-19 during the second of three scheduled pickups this year. The Adopt-A-Highway program began in Michigan in 1990. As of last year, about 2,600 groups have adopted more than 6,000 miles of state highway through the program. An estimated 19,000 participants collected almost 40,000 bags of trash from roadsides during the three annual pickup ...

Board of Review session for July coming up

MARQUETTE — The board of review for the city of Marquette will meet at 9 a.m. July 21 in city commission chambers of Marquette City Hall, 300 W. Baraga Ave., Marquette, for the following purposes: 1. Request for current year only for poverty exemptions, but not poverty exemptions denied by the March Board of Review. 2. Correct clerical errors or mutual mistake of facts. All required forms and documentation shall be received five days prior to said meeting.

Marquette city commission, BLP candidate filings due July 21

MARQUETTE — The Marquette City Clerk’s Office is accepting nomination packets for city elective positions available in the upcoming election year. Interested candidates must submit their completed packets by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21. This election cycle, voters will select two members for the Marquette Board of Light and Power and three commissioners for the Marquette City Commission. These positions will be contested in the general election on Nov. 3. Nominating documents, including petition forms, are available at the city clerk’s office located at 300 W. Baraga Ave. ...