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Plant, Pies & Summer Buys around corner

SKANDIA — Emanuel Lutheran Church of Skandia, 9812 U.S. 41, invites the public to its annual "Plant, Pies & Summer Buys!" from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 30. Available will be vegetable and flower seedlings, perennials, house plants, homemade pies and summer buys, handmade crafts, quilts, gently used gardening tools and equipment, gardening decor and a raffle for handmade quilts and handcrafted items with the drawing in November. All proceeds will go toward the digital mapping of the Emanuel and Haglund cemeteries.

Minor sewage overflow reported in Marquette

MARQUETTE — A city of Marquette Public Works crew Thursday afternoon responded to a small sanitary sewer overflow, according to Mark O'Neill, director of Municipal Utilities. The location of the overflow was the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Magnetic Street. It started at 4:30 p.m. and ended at 5:30 p.m. An estimated 15-20 gallons was released. The overflow was confined to the grassy area around the manhole. No impact to waterways took place. Cleanup included vactoring up the impacted area and disinfecting with barn lime. The cause of the backup was tree roots and wipes, O'Neill ...

Mystery Spot Marquette: A Walking Tour with Jim Koski

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center presents: Mystery Spot Marquette: A Walking Tour with Jim Koski at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Where participants go on this tour is a “mystery," but it's a short walk to the one place in Marquette where you can see more history than in any other. Plus, organizers will have fun, bonus facts on the way there and the way back. Meet at and return to the MRHC. A $5 donation is suggested. For more information, visit marquettehistory.org or call 906-226-3571.

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 ...