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Class of 1957 celebrates 65 years

On July 30, the Class of 1957 celebrated 65 years with all three Marquette High Schools — Bishop Baraga, Graveraet and John D. Pierce — represented. The event was held at Barrel + Beam on Northwoods Road and was catered by Shannon’s Home Cooking of Gwinn. Pictured in the back row: Don ...

UPHH&H hosts summer hospice memorial service

MARQUETTE — On July 12, U.P. Home Health & Hospice hosted its annual Summer Hospice Memorial at the Carp River Gardens in Negaunee. U.P. Home Health & Hospice hosts two Hospice Memorials annually as a part of its bereavement program, which lasts 13 months and aims to provide the best support and care for the family of Hospice patients who have passed. “These memorials are about closure and support,” stated UPHH&H Executive Director/Administrator, Jennie Garrett-Bureau in a press release. “There is something beautiful in releasing a butterfly to remember your loved one, ...

NSDAR honors several graduates

Keitha Callanan of Marquette, National Defense Chair of the Onagomingkway Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, was busy this graduation season awarding DAR Outstanding Cadet medals to students at various Upper Peninsula schools. Cadet Cayley Cunard, a senior at ...

Marquette Elks, South Shore Fishing Association treat veterans to special day

Marquette Elks Lodge 405 donated and assembled more than 100 snack bags for the South Shore Fishing Association’s annual Veterans Fishing Day. 52 boats carried 92 veterans out on Lake Superior for a morning of fishing. Several hundred residents gathered at the marina to welcome the veterans ...

Pickard honored for 50 years membership

GLADSTONE — Ken Pickard of the Gladstone August Mattson Post #71 of the American Legion was recently honored for 50 years of continuous membership. An Honorary Certificate was presented to Pickard who is a Vietnam Era veteran who served in the Army’s 1st Calvary and achieving the rank of ...