MARQUETTE - After years of visiting their friends in Jamaica, the Tourvilles of Marquette got to return the favor this month, hosting Willy Deans, who at 58 had never been off the island in his life.Deans and his wife Hyacinth are from the rural town of Orange Bay, Jamaica, about 10 miles from ...

MARQUETTE - Lali Kahlid will present a demonstration on photo image transferring at the Lake Superior Art Association program at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Marquette Arts and Culture Center.A photo transfer is any process that takes a printed image, removes it from whatever it is on, and then ...

WINONA - Michigan Department of Education officials are visiting schools across the state as part of an ongoing initiative led by State Superintendent Brian J. Whiston.While Whiston visited some Upper Peninsula schools himself, last week a trio of other MDE leaders stopped by Elm River Township ...

ESCANABA - The Escanaba City Council approved a policy Thursday that outlines the procedure for the city giving up a public right-of-way and turning the land over to neighboring property owners under special circumstances.Though the city has had authority to abandon right-of-way property under ...

MARQUETTE - The Keweenaw Land Trust, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources invite the public to a Tuesday dedication ceremony for lands acquired as part of the Abbaye Peninsula - Huron Bay Conservation Initiative.With the support of numerous partner ...

MARQUETTE - Jessica Straczowski wanted to make at least one thing clear about Friday's Forestville Festival."We're not building community," Straczowski said. "We're building family."The teacher of German, health and special education at North Star Academy, located in Marquette Township, was one ...