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Church to sponsor rummage, bake sale

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MARQUETTE — Redeemer Lutheran church, located at 1700 W. Fair Ave., Marquette, will have a rummage and bake sale from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at the church. All proceeds will be used to help fund the mission teams that go out to serve the people in Honduras each winter. On a ...

Portage Lake Lift Bridge lane closures for bridge washing June 1-4

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HOUGHTON ­- Crews from the Michigan Department of Transportation will perform routine bridge washing on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between the cities of Houghton and Hancock from June 1-4. These cleaning operations will require lane closures. Motorists should expect intermittent lanes ...

U.S. Forest Service announces additional 2026 Fee‑Free Day on June 6

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MARQUETTE — The U.S. Forest Service today announced an additional 2026 recreation fee-free day on June 6 in celebration of National Trails Day, providing no cost use of all standard amenity recreation sites on national forests and grasslands. National Trails Day was established by the ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

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30 years ago MARQUETTE — Volunteers are being invited to plant flowers in the eighth annual Petunia Pandemonium Saturday morning in south Marquette. About 23,000 petunias will be planted along U.S. 41 South at the entry to town, beginning at 10 a.m. A practice planting session for children ...

The Island and Tourist Park

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MARQUETTE — After a particularly tough winter, bookended by two major storms, Marquette’s parks were in rough shape come spring. Both Tourist Park and Presque Isle Park had many downed trees, some blocking roads but thanks to the work of the city’s Parks and Rec Department, both popular ...