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Maddox Lewis to perform at the Marquette City Band Children’s Concert
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Thursday evening the Marquette City Band welcomes a special guest for its Children’s Concert. Maddox Lewis is a high school senior from Allendale, Mich., in the Lower Peninsula. He is a youth clarinet soloist in the Michigan Schools Band and Orchestra Association Honors Showcase Concert.
Mental health professionals give tips for combating stress, anxiety during election year
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - With the 2024 election just four months away, it can be hard to avoid the constant stream of political content on our screens. Therapist for Vibrant Health Company Caroline Cheng said this can lead to people experiencing political burnout. She explained it’s important to be informed...
Michigan regulators want to ‘hear directly from Yoopers’ for U.P. energy study
MARQUETTE, MI - As Michigan energy regulators study the unique challenges facing the Upper Peninsula’s electric grid and its path away from fossil fuel-based power generation, they want to hear from residents. The Michigan Public Service Commission will present on an ongoing U.P. energy study and take public comment...
South Beloit stand-out Ross Robertson commits to Northern Michigan
SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. (WIFR) - Ross Robertson has found his next basketball team. The South Beloit senior is officially committed to Northern Michigan basketball — the standout SoBo will join a DII Wildcats team that went 22-11 last year. “The coaches are just so welcoming and they’re just great...
The Innovate Marquette SmartZone Protolab helps Virsaquest create prototypes
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Eric Prue, project manager for Innovate Marquette, stops by with the founder of Virsaquest, Henry Westlind, to talk about the Protolab. The Innovate Marquette SmartZone Protolab helps businesses and entrepreneurs create products and prototypes. Prue highlights a steam-cleaner prototype for log houses printed in the Protolab. Westlind shows a minature model printed in the Protolab of the detachable motor used by Virsaquest.
Camp New Day U.P. provides summer experience for kids affected by incarceration
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) — Everyone knows what summer camp entails: arts and crafts, the Great Outdoors, and new best friends. But not every child gets to experience a summer camp. Staff at Camp New Day are working to change that, and to provide positive role models for its campers—all of whom come from households where […]
Ishpeming's 'movie famous' inn finds new life
The owners of the Union Station Depot in neighboring Negaunee have opened a new craft cocktail lounge on the ground floor of Ishpeming’s historic Mather Inn, the hotel which once housed the cast of the movie “Anatomy of a Murder,” and the site where Duke Ellington composed the film’s avant-garde jazz soundtrack.
Jacobetti Veterans Home holds annual classic car show
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WZMQ) – The D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans held its annual Nathan Koski Memorial Classic Car Show on Wednesday. The show had just over 20 vehicles including cars, trucks, a couple of tractors, and even some vintage first responder vehicles from the early 1900s all the way to the last decade.
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