Tag: Marquette County
Marquette, Michigan’s Farmers Market at The Marquette Commons building a great...
Marquette, Mich. - Marquette has had may different versions of Farmers Markets through the years, but the one downtown at The Marquette Commons building...
Calendar – Seniors/Health – Free Senior Citizen Health Screening – Aug....
Big Bay – The Marquette County Health Department and the Upper Peninsula Area Agency on Aging will offer a Free Senior Citizen Health Screening on Wednesday, August 10 in Big Bay. For location information and appointments, call 345-9345..
Explore Iron Ore and the Civil War This Weekend in Marquette...
MARQUETTE, MI – Great Lakes Radio News – The Civil War and the role Michigan’s iron resources played in preserving the Union will come to life this weekend when the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee Township hosts a Civil War ...
Blood Shortage Hits Marquette County
MARQUETTE, MI – Great Lakes Radio News – A shortage of several types of blood is being reported by the Upper Peninsula Regional Blood Center in Marquette. According to a release from Marquette General Health Systems, the Blood Center is in critical need of AB-positive, AB-negative and O-positive types of blood. Sallie Coron, Coordinator of [...]
Marquette County Y Update
MARQUETTE, MI – Great Lakes Radio News – With five weeks of summer left, summer camps and activities for kids are in full swing at the Marquette County YMCA, better known as the Y. There are also a full slate of programs for parents and oth...
Calendar – Seniors/Health – Free Senior Citizen Health Screening – Aug....
Gwinn – The Marquette County Health Department and the Upper Peninsula Area Agency on Aging will offer a Free Senior Citizen Health Screening on Wednesday, August 3 in Gwinn.
For location information and appointments, call 346-9862..
Calendar – Groups – Marquette County Quilters Meeting – Aug. 3
Marquette – The Marquette County Quilters will meet on Wednesday, August 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Peter White Library. The program will be “A Teddy Bear Evening” with Rae Warner, a former Marquette public schools art teacher, discussing the construction of teddy bears. Members who bring a teddy bear quilt [...]
Calendar – Health – Breast Feeding Promotion – Aug. 3-10
Marquette -The Marquette County Health Department, along with the Marquette County WIC Program, will sponsor three events in Marquette to promote breastfeeding. A breastfeeding awareness walk will be held on Wednesday, August 3 beginning at noon at Mattson Lower Harbor Park. A Big Latch On Event, part of a nationwide event to break a world [...]
It’s Time For Italian Fest In Ishpeming, MI
MARQUETTE – (Great Lakes Radio News) – A very popular tradition in Marquette County continues this weekend with the annual St. Rocco’s-St.Anthony’s Italian Fest. This community picnic celebrating Italian food and culture runs fr...
Calendar – Education/Community – Leadership Academy Registration Deadline – Aug. 1
Marquette – Applications are now being accepted for The Lake Superior Leadership Academy. The Academy is a professional development class preparing Marquette County’s present and future leaders for new challenges and opportunities. The Academy begins in October with an overnight retreat, followed by eight full day sessions held one Thursday a month. Sessions each focus [...]






