First impressions can be deceiving, but they also can be revealing. Visitors traveling from the east into the city of Marquette didn’t used to have the sights they do now, which in the summer are masses of flower blooms. They are a result of Petunia Pandemonium, spearheaded by the ...
With significant numbers of people reportedly feeling disenfranchised from the governments that represent them at multiple levels, voters in Superiorland and elsewhere will have an opportunity today to cast ballots in the 2019 August primary election. If past performances are any indicator ...
The Marquette County Search and Rescue Team is looking for a few good volunteer men and women to join them in helping protect the community through a variety of rescue operations. According to Marquette County Sheriff Greg Zyburt, the 30-person team is staffed with everyone from retired ...
Grace LaValley may not have seen it coming, but the folks at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans might have. The 86-year-old woman has been volunteering at the state-run facility for over two decades, and last month she was recognized for that service by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the ...
Visitors and residents of the Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin are blessed to have ready access to one of the Great Lakes for pleasure or commerce, or some combination of the two. Further, we are blessed to have the U.S Coast Guard to step in and lend emergency assistance, as it was recently ...
Student loans, and as a general proposition, student debt, has been in the news recently. Indeed, most Democratic candidates have included a discussion on student loaning and the accumulated debt in their individual speeches. As a part of a public information campaign, the Michigan ...
The search for a city manager in Ishpeming may finally be over. The Ishpeming City Council voted 4-1 to offer the position to former Sandisfield, Massachusetts, Town Administrator Fred Ventresco during a special meeting Wednesday. Ishpeming’s Interim City Manager Jim Lampman or Mayor ...
It’s been a long time coming, but something actually might happen with the former Cliffs-Dow property along Lakeshore Boulevard. The Marquette City Commission on Monday OK’d a resolution of intent to sell the 32-acre parcel to Veridea Group, a real estate developer involved in many major ...
Tonight and Wednesday evening, Americans will have another chance to hear what the 20 current candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination to run for president of the United States have to say. Tonight, appearing at the first debate in Detroit will be: Steve Bullock, Montana governor; Pete ...
The various Democratic candidates for president and the man who currently holds the office, Republican Donald Trump, can find little to agree on these days. That shouldn’t surprise anyone as political polarization is arguably at an all-time high. That said, the one issue that everyone, it ...
Most people old enough to see it happen remember where they were when the Twin Towers fell. For many of us Americans, Sept. 11, 2001, will forever be a day of tragedy, one which rouses fearful memories of our country’s vulnerability to terrorism, and painful memories for the tremendous loss ...
Bravo to the Michigan Bar Association and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law for taking on what we suspect will become a rather substantial effort to expunge the records of people convicted of petty offenses which now are standing in the way of them getting loans, jobs and entrance ...
The St. Rocco - St. Anthony Society of Ishpeming will mark the 120th anniversary of its Italian Fest with a bang on Saturday. The festival will begin at noon at Al Quaal Recreation Area with free admission. Along with the day’s activities, the Ishpeming Fourth of July Committee partnered up ...
After last weekend’s absolutely fabulous Hiawatha Music Festival comes another wonderful weekend for Marquette residents and visitors alike, this one with three events in the city. First up is the Blueberry Festival in downtown Marquette on Friday, which offers a full day of fun, including ...
Life has always been complicated, but that doesn’t mean it has to be handled the same way it’s always been handled. When it comes to mental health resources, much more attention is needed, especially in rural areas such as the Upper Peninsula. According to a recent article in the online ...
We like the proactive steps being taken by Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore officials to improve emergency rescue capabilities and services in and around the park. Through a partnership with the Superior High Angle Rescue Professionals, the park has increased its technical rope rescue team ...
An academic partnership Northern Michigan University announced recently that it had formed with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc. in support of NMU's medicinal plant chemistry program seems to be one of those rare win-win situations. The collaboration includes an in-kind donation to equip ...
The will of the people is one of the most crucial tenets in American democracy, but apparently to many politicians in Michigan, and perhaps elsewhere, power and control seem to be more important concepts. The “adopt and amend” tactic used last year by Michigan’s Republican-controlled ...
The seventh annual Grant Henriksen Memorial Golf Scramble to benefit the U.P. Children’s Fund is coming up soon and we hope as many people as possible participate in this effort to help a most worthy cause. The U.P. Children’s Fund strives to help make life a little easier for families in ...
Today is one of those days when people of a certain age can’t help but become a bit nostalgic for times past, for today is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing On July 16, 1969, U.S astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins sat atop the mighty Saturn V rocket ...