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Durants mark 50 years

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MARQUETTE – Reggie and Lyn Durant celebrated 50 years of marriage on Friday. The couple first met on Third Street in 1975 while Lyn was working at the old Marquette Bakery and Reggie was traveling selling beauty supplies for the shop next door (located at the now Bodega). They were married ...

Jacob Hutchinson takes ownership of Babycakes

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MARQUETTE — Babycakes, a popular bakery in Marquette widely known for its muffins snd other tasty treats, is under new ownership. Jacob Hutchinson, a Munising High School alum and Michigan Army National Guard recruiter, recently bought the business, while continuing to work for the ...

Program on caregiving coming up

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MARQUETTE — The Cedar Tree Institute, in collaboration with The Coming Home Project, is offering a free public presentation, "What Love Says: Caregiving in a Time of Serious Illness," at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Messiah Lutheran Church, 305 W. Magnetic St., Marquette. The presentation is part ...

SWP to fund planting of 100,000 trees in Marquette County

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MARQUETTE — The Superior Watershed Partnership and the Land Conservancy has announced the launch of its Great Lakes Climate Corps and Great Lakes Tribal Conservation Corps field season. These programs provide trained, boots-on-the-ground crew members whose work spans the entire Upper ...

Kewadin Casinos announces next phase of multi-million dollar upgrade  

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SAULT STE. MARIE — Kewadin Casinos will soon begin work on the next phase of its multi-million dollar upgrade project with each casino seeing a substantial investment into their property over the next three years. Previous phases of Kewadin Casinos multi-million dollar upgrade project have ...

Warm start to summer favored for UP region

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IRON MOUNTAIN — A National Weather Service long-range forecast favors a warm, dry start to summer in the Upper Peninsula, while the outlook through August is neutral. The Climate Prediction Center sees a 45% chance of above-average temperatures in June and just a 20% chance of below average. ...