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Dancing with Our Stars ‘Team Strega Doc’ to host concert fundraiser Sunday
NEGAUNEE, Mich. (WLUC) - This year’s Dancing with Our Stars Marquette County begins on Wednesday, May 22. Ahead of the event, team Strega Doc is having a fundraiser dinner with a special performance. The Strega Nonna restaurant in Negaunee is having a benefit concert dinner on Sunday. Strega Nonna...
Milano Smokehouse Meats moves into former Glenn’s Smokehouse location
ISHPEMING, Mich. (WLUC) - Milano Smokehouse Meats has moved into the former Glenn’s Smokehouse location in Ishpeming. The owners of Milano Smokehouse Meats celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to debut the building’s new name. For years, Glenn’s Smokehouse was a staple in Ishpeming, partially for its beloved former...
Dancing with Our Stars contestants to host ‘Final Fiesta’ fundraiser
ISHPEMING, Mich. (WLUC) - If you want to celebrate Cinco de Mayo a little early this year, there’s a party happening in Ishpeming. Dancing With Our Stars contestants Mariel Morton and Johnny Cappoferri are hosting a ‘Final Fiesta’ fundraiser at the Mather Inn. Beginning Wednesday, May 22 they will dance to benefit the U.P. Hospice Foundation.
Feeding America food distribution set for Ishpeming Thursday morning
ISHPEMING, Mich. (WLUC) - Feeding America West Michigan has a food distribution event scheduled for Marquette County on Thursday morning. The pantry is located at North Iron Church at 910 Palms Avenue in Ishpeming. Distribution will begin at 9 a.m. Eastern time. For those who are physically unable to attend,...
Negaunee Public Schools thanks volunteers with buffet, entertainment
NEGAUNEE, Mich. (WLUC) - Negaunee Public Schools celebrated its volunteers for National Volunteer Week on Friday. The district hosted a Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast. The district invited all its volunteers to Lakeview for a buffet. Negaunee Public Schools says its volunteers do everything they can to make teachers and students successful.
Area 36 Special Olympians hold first Gus Macker practice
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) – Meet the Michigan Area 36 Special Olympic Athletes. “So, our Area 36 program, you know, one of the missions of Special Olympics is to provide year round sports, which gives our athletes the ability to learn new things year round and grow and have different experiences,” said Pamela Bahrman, the Area Director for the Area 36 Special Olympics. “For example, we have our winter sports, our summer sports and our fall sports and that. So our athletes are generally very busy and it provides them a lot of opportunity to learn and participate with a lot of other individuals.”
U.P. town warns residents to report all sightings to DNR after bear wanders into town
NEGAUNEE, MI -- City officials are warning visitors and residents of Negaunee of recent bear sightings involving a black bear that has wandered into town. According to a post on the City of Negaunee’s Facebook page, the bear was sighted during the evening hours. Residents are asked not to...
Cougar encounter tips offered after 2 sightings at U.P. nature preserve
DICKINSON COUNTY, MI – Officials in the Upper Peninsula is offering a few reminders after multiple cougar encounters were reported in a nature preserve. Staff at the Fumee Lake Natural Area in Dickinson County said a cougar was seen crossing a trail between Lake Antoine and Fumee Lake last week.
Growing through change: Upper Michigan Today dives into the importance of accepting change in monthly empowerment session
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Change happens to all of us and around us every day. In Thursday’s episode of Upper Michigan Today, and in another installment of its monthly empowerment series with Apiary Life Studio and BeWell, Elizabeth Peterson and Tia Trudgeon dive into the topic of change and how to accept it for yourself and others with guests Amy Turner, Jalen Sims, and Kate Lewandowski.
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