ESCANABA — Registration is now open for businesses, organizations and individuals who want to participate in the fourth annual Escanaba Spooktacular Trunk-or-Treat, set for Sunday, Oct. 18, in downtown Escanaba. Hosted by the Escanaba Downtown Development Authority, the event will take ...
MARQUETTE — The year 2026 marks the first year of the Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival, a weekend-long event celebrating traditional arts running from Oct. 2-4 in various locations around Marquette County. "Traditional folk arts are art forms or crafts that are learned in an informal environment, from artist to artist, rather than in an educational institution," says the Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival. "Some examples would be part of a quilting bee, a folk song circle, or a father teaching a son to carve duck decoys. It is a creative tradition that is passed from one person, or ...
Iron Mountain — The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $4,307,692 million in grants to seven community organizations that provide suicide prevention services to Veterans in Michigan and Wisconsin. This funding is part of $112 million in grants awarded to 191 organizations nationwide to support suicide prevention efforts. The funds are made available through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP) and will become available at the start of fiscal year 2027. Grants are accessible to nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, ...
ESCANABA — The local chapter of a worldwide organization hosted members from other affiliated clubs throughout the Upper Peninsula for a get-together at the Escanaba Yacht Club last week, followed by the annual district meeting. Founded in 1890, the General Federation of Women’s Clubs ...
ESCANABA — The Escanaba Downtown Development Authority is taking a more active role in maintaining downtown flowers as it looks to enhance the appearance of the downtown and expand the city’s floral displays. Until now, the DDA has paid the city’s Public Works Department to water and ...
ESCANABA — Join the Bay College Student Nurses Association on the Escanaba campus starting at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 23, for our Annual Trunk or Treat! Our health students and faculty are trading stethoscopes for spooky costumes and decorations. Bring the whole family for a safe, fun, ...
