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Video rental store opens in Alpha
ALPHA, Mich. (WLUC) - Yippee Ki-Yay Mother Video, a business offering DVD, VHS and Blu-ray movie rentals, opened this year in Alpha, which has a population of about 125 people. The store has more than 22,000 titles to choose from. Streaming movies is popular but has limits, owner Kenneth Williams...
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UPCM hosting ‘Never Grow Up,’ an adult-only Halloween night at the museum
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - The U.P. Children’s Museum wants you to unleash your inner child -- after dark. The museum is hosting ‘Never Grow Up,’ a haunted adult-only night at the museum Friday, Oct. 30. The event includes snacks, alcoholic beverages, a DJ and costume contest. The...
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Lakeview Elementary fourth graders visit Cliffs Shaft Mining Museum
ISHPEMING, Mich. (WZMQ) – On Friday morning, five classes of Lakeview Elementary fourth graders made their way to Ishpeming for a tour of the Cleveland Cliffs Mine Shaft. The students had the chance to walk through one of the tunnels, see where miners prepared for their descents, and got to partake in a geology lesson.
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Businesses to participate in Great Gladstone Harvest Festival Sunday, Oct. 25
GLADSTONE, Mich. (WZMQ) – Downtown Gladstone is gearing up for a celebration of the autumn season. This Sunday, October 25, the Gladstone Downtown Development Authority is sponsoring the inaugural Great Gladstone Harvest Festival. Local businesses will host festive activities like pumpkin painting, lemonade “potion”-making classes, face painting, a pumpkin patch, and trick-or-treating.
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Marquette Regional History Center hosts ‘Uncovering the Truths About the Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster’
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - The 100-year anniversary of Michigan’s largest mining disaster is less than two weeks away. On Wednesday night, more than 130 people attended a presentation about what a historian says really happened at the Barnes-Hecker mine. On November 3, 1926, 51 men died in the Barnes-Hecker mine when a deluge of mud and water flooded the shaft, trapping them underground. Only 10 bodies were recovered; 41 remain underground to this day.
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Downtown Norway kicks off 34th Leif Erikson Day festival Saturday
NORWAY, Mich.- Downtown Norway is inviting the public to celebrate Leif Erikson Day starting Saturday, marking the festival’s 34th year. The festival will include music, food with Leif specials, baking demonstrations, bounce houses and free tractor hay wagon rides. A parade will feature the newly crowned Miss Norway and...
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Patrick Dragon is this month’s Zero Degrees Visiting Artist
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Saturday, Zero Degrees Art Gallery is highlighting Patrick Dragon as this month’s visiting artist. TV6’s Michael Sobeck meets Dragon, who specializes in ceramics. To support Dragon and his work, an artist reception will be held at Zero Degrees Art Gallery on Saturday from 1...
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Upper Michigan Today gets spooky with L’Anse’s Escape Reality
L’ANSE, Mich. (WLUC) - Monday’s episode of Upper Michigan Today invited viewers to escape their typical day-to-day reality with L’Anse’s one-stop shop for all things fun and different. Escape Reality is a somewhat recent edition to L’Anse’s Main Street. And due to its widely loved, one-of-a-kind...
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DNR Taking Comments On Van Riper, Iron Industry Museum
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL’S INTERVIEW WITH DEBBIE JENSEN, MDNR. To ensure plans for Van Riper State Park in Champion and the 120-acre property that surrounds the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee best meet the needs of visitors and the community, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on new management plans for both popular Upper Peninsula properties located in Marquette County.
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U.P. Folklife Festival brings traditional arts and culture to life
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WZMQ) – Traditional arts from across the Upper Peninsula took center stage Saturday at Northern Michigan University. The inaugural Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival brought together traditional arts practitioners from throughout the U.P. and upper midwest for a full day of workshops, demonstrations, and performances at the Northern Center. From wood carving and bowl making to folk music and indigenous beading, the festival aimed to not just showcase traditional arts, but pass them onto new generations.
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Muralist creates artwork for Little Trout Lake Park
GWINN, Mich. (WLUC) - An international muralist is hoping to bring more color to Little Trout Lake Park in Gwinn. Timothy Robert Smith is painting a whole mural on the asphalt park trail. Smith says he found the offer for the job online and was awarded it after the Marquette County Planning Commission enjoyed the piece he presented to them.
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The World’s Largest Wooden Dome Is Visible From This Scenic Michigan Trail
Marquette’s skyline gets a lot more interesting when one massive curve rises above the trees. From a scenic trail overlooking the city, hikers can spot the Superior Dome near Northern Michigan University, creating a view that feels surprisingly dramatic from the woods. The appeal goes beyond its size, because...
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Points North Listening Party: Traverse City & Marquette
It's theater of the mind! It's cinema for the ear! It's another Points North listening party! Join us at The Filling Station Microbrewery in Traverse City or at the Fresh Coast Film Festival in Marquette, as we premiere a new Points North episode. This immersive audio experience will transport you through time and space, leaving you inspired by this great region.