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Celebrating local art with a COZEE pop-up market at fancy-free & Art on Tap
Jacob Darner of Darn Good Art continues to celebrate local artistry with two upcoming events: a COZEE pop-up market and an Art on Tap talk. The "Fancy-Free X COZEE" collaborative pop-up market featuring vendors, art, clothing, and jewelry, will take place on Saturday, May 11th from 10 am to 6 pm. The event will also feature music from Derrell Syria from 12 to 3 pm. The pop-up market takes place in collaboration with fancy-free (a curated resale, live music, and local art shop) on 129 E. Michigan Street.
Children’s car seat check event coming to Marquette Township
MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC) - Marquette parents will have an opportunity to get their children’s car seats checked for free this weekend. There will be a car seat check event on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Marquette Township Fire and Rescue. Parents can bring their child and car seat to the event, where child passenger safety technicians and instructors will make sure the car seat is safe.
Marquette City Commission approves services agreement with TriMedia for former Cliffs-Dow site
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - The Marquette City Commission unanimously approved a professional services agreement with TriMedia Environmental and Engineering Monday night. The agreement includes a $125,000 cost to the city for an assessment and remedial action plan for the former Cliffs-Dow Site along Marquette’s waterfront. This comes after the city was awarded a Brownfield cleanup grant from the EPA for the site.
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...
Breaking down NMU’s 2024 football schedule with Coach Richardson
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) – The NMU Wildcats officially unveiled their 2024 football schedule this week, an 11-game test for the team under second-year head coach Shane Richardson as they look to rebound from a winless 2023 season. “We kind of knew what the teams were going to be there...
NMU pro-Palestinian encampment harassed Monday night
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - A series of pro-Palestinian tent encampments have been popping up on college campuses all across America. Northern Michigan University (NMU) students set up an encampment on Monday. The students reported eight people acting suspiciously around the encampment Monday night with their faces covered. Students in the encampment said they were calling the protestors terrorist apologists.
Upper Michigan Today hits the driving range at Gentz's Homestead Golf Course
CHOCOLAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC) - Golf season is in full swing here in Upper Michigan. Tia Trudgeon and MK DiVirgilio take Upper Michigan Today on the road to Gentz’s Homestead Golf Course for practice and to hear about the history of this family-owned-and-operated course. On a rainy Wednesday morning,...
Men’s Soccer Announces 2024 Schedule
MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team has released its 2024 schedule: including eight games on the home pitch, a final-four opponent in the first home match, a newcomer to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference, and more. “What an exciting, yet extremely challenging schedule...
NMU students support area nonprofits while learning business best practices
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Northern Michigan University students are using what they’ve learned in class to serve the community. An Intro to Entrepreneurship class challenged eight groups to start their own businesses. The goal was to create original businesses and donate the proceeds to area nonprofits. Sophomore Danny Martin...
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