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How easily could a big data center set up in rural Michigan?

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EDITOR'S NOTE: This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Data centers have dominated conversations in the last year, facing mounting concerns from residents and government officials for their energy use and ...

NARFE to meet via Zoom today

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MARQUETTE — The National Active and Retired Federal Employees chapter 1900 will meet by Zoom only at noon today. Chapter members will receive the Zoom link by email. Members who are not on the Chapter email distribution and who want to receive the Zoom link and passcode should email ...

Rotary Club of Marquette officers named

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MARQUETTE — As its 2025-26 year comes to a close on June 30, the Rotary Club of Marquette President Chuck Blaksmith passed the gavel to incoming President Steve Powers. During Blaksmith's year leading the club, there were many achievements including completing the Giant Foot Park project, ...

UPAWS back open for business

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MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter has announced that the shelter has reopened following its temporary closure and recovery efforts related to a canine parvovirus outbreak. Beginning Tuesday, walk-in adoptions for dogs, cats, and small animals have resumed during regular ...

Columbaria to be installed today

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ISHPEMING — The city of Ishpeming will be installing by crane, two, 48-niche columbaria into the St. Joseph Cemetery. The units weigh approximately 16,000 pounds each and are being trucked in from Canada where the granite is quarried and processed. Menominee Granite Company is handling the ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

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30 years ago MARQUETTE — Although fewer high school students dropped out in the 1994-95 school year than the previous year statewide, most Superiorland schools reported dropout rates that were a fraction of the state average. Statewide, the dropout rate for the year fell to 5.2 percent from ...