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Parking lots to be cleaned in Marquette

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MARQUETTE — The following parking lot closures will take place to allow for spring cleaning Today, Rock Street Lot and Baraga Avenue Lot; today, Upper Bluff Street Ramp; Wednesday; Lower Bluff Street Ramp; Thursday, Spring Street Lot; Sunday May 10, South Main Street Lot
; Monday, May 11, ...

Presque Isle Park loop now open

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MARQUETTE — Presque Isle Park seasonal loop will opened for the summer season on Saturday. However, Presque Isle Park will remain on winter hours, 7 a.m.-8 p.m., until further notice. The loop will close at 6 p.m. daily until May 15 to accommodate the blue spotted salamander migration closure.

Today in History: 1961, Alan Shepard becomes first American in space

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Today is Tuesday, May 5, the 125th day of 2026. There are 240 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Mercury capsule Freedom 7. Also on this date: In ...

How a fight for Toledo gave Michigan the U.P.

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A complicated boundary dispute over a 468-square-mile strip of land can be attributed to poor maps and stubborn colonists. It resulted in Congress favoring Ohio and giving the Upper Peninsula to Michigan as a consolation prize when the latter “lost” the Toledo War to achieve ...