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Spotlight

Snowshoe expedition program at PWPL

MARQUETTE — Michael Neiger, of Backcountry Search and Rescue, will present a slide program chronicling his adventures as he and others snowshoed through moose country First Nations Country to Lower Hudson Bay on the Arctic Ocean in 2015. The program is set for 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday in the ...

Shiras Institute gives to YMCA

The Shiras Institute made a $10,000 donation to the YMCA of Marquette. Shown in the photo left to right. Jim Reevs of the Shiras Institute, YMCA CEO Jenna Zdunek and Cheryl Hill of the Shiras Institute. The Shiras institute is a philanthropic endowment created in 1937 by George Shiras III and ...

NMU alum Bowerman honored

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University alumnus and renowned eagle researcher William Bowerman (’91 MA) was among three innovators to receive the 2023 Lowell Thomas Award from The Explorers Club, an international professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research, ...

VFW salutes Sarah Johnson

On behalf of V.F.W. Superior Memorial Post 6 of Marquette, Ron Oja, administrator of the D.J. Jacobetti Veterans Home in Marquette, presents Sarah Johnson with a V.F.W. certificate of appreciation. Sarah has been at the Veterans Home for seven years and is the volunteer coordinator. A press ...

Spotlight: Toys for tots train ride honors Neo Wilson

On Saturday, a Toys For Tots Event was held. The generosity of the Paul and Gina Wilson Family in memory of their son Neo Wilson gave train rides around their property for donating a toy to our local toy campaign. Over 1000 parents and children enjoyed a train ride in brisk fall weather and ...