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LWV sets up voting guide, candidate forum

ESCANABA — The League of Women Voters of Delta County would like to direct voters to a free non-partisan voter education resource, VOTE411.org, and invite them to attend a candidate forum set for Oct. 22 in Gladstone. VOTE411.org was created to provide a personalized voting guide that ...

Effort to replace stolen, destroyed trail signs in Keweenaw County

KEWEENAW COUNTY – An effort to replace more than 80 stolen, damaged and vandalized emergency response markers on three designated motorized trails in Keweenaw County is making progress but still has a way to go, according to Sheriff Curt Pennala. The goal is to raise a total of $11,000 for ...

OSF Foundation to host annual Heart of Gold dinner on Oct. 23

ESCANABA — The 26th-annual OSF HealthCare Foundation Heart of Gold dinner will be Thursday, Oct. 23, in the newly expanded ballroom at the Island Resort & Casino Convention Center in Harris. The event will begin with cocktails at 5:30 p.m., followed by the dinner at 6:30 p.m. that will ...

Archaeology Fair on Oct. 18 in Marquette

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center will have its 13th-annual Archaeology Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the center, 145 W. Spring St. in Marquette. The center is joining hundreds of organizations around the world to celebrate International Archaeology Day. ...

Celebrating Viking-style at Leif Erikson Festival in Norway

NORWAY — Nearly 500 years before Columbus set sail, Viking explorer Leif Erikson landed on the shores of North America. The city of Norway will come together to celebrate that Norse adventurer Saturday with its 33nd-annual Leif Erikson Festival. The annual fall event, which runs from 8 ...

Negaunee wins MML’s 2025 Community Excellence Award

NEGAUNEE — The city of Negaunee is the 2025 winner of the Michigan Municipal League’s Community Excellence Award. The Negaunee Downtown Enhancement Project marks the third community from the Upper Peninsula that has won the CEA, after the city of Ironwood in 2013 and the city of ...