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12-year-old entrepreneur starts seed business

MARQUETTE — Ondine Bonk, a 12-year-old resident of Marquette, has started a business selling native clover seeds. Her business, Clover Lover, was started both as a way of making some money and as a way of helping the environment. “Clover has a ton of benefits for the earth, and people ...

Vinyl record, pop culture show at Landmark Inn

MARQUETTE — A one-day pop culture collectible expo show will be held in the basement ballroom “Harbor Room” of the Landmark Inn, at 230 N. Front St., in downtown Marquette, from noon-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11. Presented by the Northern Michigan University Vinyl Record Club, a variety of ...

Absentee ballots going out in Michigan: What to know

Michigan’s Nov. 3 general election is (36) days away, but absentee ballots are now available, as required by state law. That means voting is already underway.  So, now what? Is it still possible to request an absentee ballot? And how long do I have to turn it in? Who is eligible to vote absentee?  All Michigan voters can request an absentee ballot without needing to provide a reason. Before the passage of Proposal 3 in 2018, which gave every voter the option to cast a “no-reason” absentee ballot, absentee ballots were reserved for elderly residents, service people and those ...

Pickup truck collides with train; two injured

HUDSON TOWNSHIP — Two people were injured Saturday morning when a pickup truck collided with a train at a railroad crossing in Mackinac County, according to the Michigan State Police. Lt. Ben Eckola, Eighth District public information officer, said troopers from the MSP post in St. Ignace were called to the crash site at approximately 9:35 a.m. Saturday on Borgstrom Road near Black River Road in Hudson Township. The preliminary state police investigation determined the pickup truck disregarded the traffic control device at the railroad crossing and failed to yield to the approaching ...

What's the matter with Kansas' senators?

The home of Dwight Eisenhower and Amelia Earhart is rarely part of the national conversation — but that could be about to change. It is becoming clear that the race for Senate this year could be a huge upset. In the 19th century, Kansas was the scene of violent clashes over slavery, which temporarily earned it the moniker "bleeding Kansas," and in the 20th it was the birthplace of Brown v. Board of Education, one of the most consequential Supreme Court cases in American history. But in recent decades, it's been a backwater, mostly due to its size (a bit under 3 million people) and ...