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MDOT weight restrictions adjusted

MARQUETTE ­— The Michigan Department of Transportation continues to adjust spring weight restriction areas in an annual move to protect roads. Effective 7 a.m. Friday, weight restrictions were lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including US-2 from the Wisconsin border in Ironwood east to M-28 in Wakefield then east on M-28 to I-75, then north on I-75 to the International Bridge in Sault Ste. Marie.  Frost restrictions are still in effect for the remainder of the state and will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline ...

Healing Art Garden installations scheduled

MARQUETTE — A statewide care giving initiative led by IMPART Alliance in partnership with AgeAlive at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine is continuing to expand across the Upper Peninsula through a series of community-based Healing Art Garden installations focused on honoring caregivers, supporting mental health, and addressing Michigan’s growing direct care worker shortage. Following the opening of the Upper Peninsula’s primary exhibit at the Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center, three new Satellite Gardens are now launching across the region: • May 12 ...

Community and Youth Development recognized sponsors of the 2026 Excellence in Education Week

Food truck coming to Harvey

HARVEY – Silver Creek Church and Silver Creek Thrift are partnering with Feeding America West Michigan to host a Mobile Food Pantry. Taking place on Thursday, May 14, food distribution will begin at 10 a.m. and continue while supplies last or until 11:30 a.m. Food will be available for approximately 600 families. Due to changes with Feeding America West Michigan, proxy pickup will be limited. This will be a drive-through event with directions given by parking lot attendants. Guests are asked to remain in their cars and have adequate space prepared in their trunk or back seat in ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago NEGAUNEE — Television weatherman Karl Bohnak will return to his old running grounds when he carries the Olympic torch next month in Milwaukee. “It’s exciting I ran back in my high school days in Milwaukee and to go back there and carry the Olympic torch is really neat,” said Bohnak, WLUC TV-6 meteorologist for eight years. Bohnak will run with the Olympic torch in Milwaukee area on June 3 because WLUC TV in Negaunee Township is an NBC affiliate that will broadcast the Olympics. He is believed to be the only Upper Peninsula resident among 10,000 torchbearers ...

What’s New at Peter White Public Library

Check out these new adult and teen graphic novels at the Peter White Public Library: Adult graphic novel: Ace of Hearts: Lessons in Love From an Asexual Girl by Cooklin Ace of Hearts: Lessons in Love From an Asexual Girl is about Caitlin Cook’s life and how she came to realize that she can be asexual and still wish for intimacy in a relationship. This is a great read and can show that even asexuality isn’t black and white. A lot of individuals have written about homosexuality or bisexuality, but asexuality is not as represented in media as the others. Cook’s journey is one of ...