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Superior Beekeeping Club session on tap

Local July 15, 2026

SKANDIA — Come join the Superior Beekeeping Club for a time of socializing and casual beekeeping discussions. The event is open to all. Please feel free to invite other beekeepers or those simply interested in beekeeping. Food will be potluck style, so please bring a dish or drink to share. We will also be hosting a several activities for optional participation: mead tasting (please feel free to bring a home brew to share); hive yard and honey house tour; forest and meadow trails available for walks; decorative hive painting class and interactive demonstrations to paint a custom hive ...

History quiz

News July 15, 2026

QUESTION: The Marquette Regional History Center has several farrier tools in its collection. What was/is the job of a farrier?  a. Working on cars and bicycles  b. Skinning animals for pelts c. Making shoes for horses d. Captaining ferries between the mainland and islands  ANSWER: C, making shoes for horses.

I-75 Business Spur maintenance over I-75 in  Sault Ste. Marie starts July 20

Local July 15, 2026

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Michigan Department of Transportation will be performing maintenance on the I-75 Business Spur bridge over I-75 in Sault Ste. Marie, requiring traffic signal changes on the bridge beginning Monday, July 20. Work will be completed from 6 p.m.-6 a.m. each night. The work is expected to be completed by Wednesday morning, July 22, but may extend to Thursday, July 23, depending on the weather. Motorists should expect one lane of alternating traffic open on I-75 BS with temporary traffic signals. The existing ramp signals will be placed in flash mode. A 12-foot lane ...

In Michigan, 100K live downstream of old, decrepit dams

Front Page News July 15, 2026

CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP — Jonathan Korbecki was relaxing at home on the Thornapple River one rainy February night when the fire marshal knocked on his door, warning the nearby Labarge Dam may fail and send a wall of water his way. Hundreds of yards of trucked-in sand prevented disaster that ...

IHS Class of '56 to meet

Local July 15, 2026

ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming High School Class of 1956 will meet at noon Monday, July 20, at the pavilion area of the Al Quaal Recreation Area for its monthly lunch. Friends, spouses, and other relatives are always welcome to join. Photos of the 70-year reunion will be available for pick up. We’ll also work on preparing photos for mailing to out-of-town classmates.

Second day of extreme heat in U.P., wildfire smoke on its way

Front Page News July 15, 2026

MARQUETTE — The National Weather Service issued a second Extreme Heat Warning again for much of the Upper Peninsula on Tuesday, predicting dangerously hot conditions with a heat index between 98 and 105. The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office released a statement with information on how ...