President Erica Huss of the Rotary Club of Marquette presented a contribution of $1,000 to Camp UPeninsulin staff members (from the left) Krysti Ostermeyer, Chris Plourde and Mike Parks at a recent meeting of the club. The mission of the camp is to provide children with Type 1 diabetes an ...
Ishpeming VFW Post #4573 recently presented the Patriot Pen first-place certificate and checks to Matthew Ostola. Matthew is a student at Aspen Ridge Middle School. Shown with Matthew is Cara Anderson, Aspen Ridge Middle School language arts teacher. Congratulations Matthew and thank you to ...
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee Elks Lodge was able to break all previous records in fundraising and donating back to the community in the past calendar year, according to a press release: “This past year, the Negaunee Elks have exceeded expectations in helping children, veterans, and community. What follows is a list of funds the Elks were able to give back to the community. What is not shown here is the countless hours that Elks members and their spouses have spent to make this happen.” Donations and Community Programs during the calendar year 2022 St. Vincent DePaul $744 donation for ...
MARQUETTE — The six Cub Scout Packs in the Pere Marquette Zone (Marquette and Alger Counties) held their annual Pinewood Derby runoff at St. Michael’s Catholic Church recently. Winners for the fourth and fifth grade Webelos were 1st, Vyncintius Lentz of Pack 395 from Graveraet and Sandy ...
ISHPEMING — Westwood High School has announced its honor roll for Term 3 of the 2022-23 school year: (*Denotes 4.0) GRADE 12 ALL “A’s”: Carson Argall, Mykayla Brown, Kambrie Duquette, *Emilee Hebert, Rowan Hill, *Lucy Howe, *Kirsten LaMere, *Bryce Markham, Vanessa Nichols, *Isabella Nora, Johnny Peters, Allyson Poirier, Hannah Whitaker, *Lindsay Williams 3.0 GPA or BETTER: Tara Alderton, Ian Bivins, Hunter DeGarmo, Macy Dove, Lydia Fraser, Ione Grigg, Allyana Grochowski, Ted Hair, Sierrah Hallum, Rion Hansen, Sophia Heinzman, Autumn Holmgren, Emma Jestila, Maria Johnson, ...
MARQUETTE — The following students were selected to receive scholarships from the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 380 of Marquette County, in April 2023: VVA 380 Scholarships went to Kenneth Hagle IV (grandson of Kenneth Hagle Jr), from Commerce Township and Madacyn Helstein (niece of Gary Helstein) from Neganuee Veterans Memorial Scholarships were awarded to Chase Bonovetz (grandson of Robert Linn) and Ryan Kerkela (grandson of David Kurtz), both from Negaunee. The VVA said in a news release: “Thank you to all of the students who submitted applications this year. ...
