Calendar – Groups – Advocacy Group for Persons With Developmental Disabilties Meeting – Feb. 11
Marquette – Join a Grass roots advocacy group to support people with developmental disabilities on Thursday, February 11 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the SAIL Conference Room at 129 W. Baraga Avenue in Marquette.
Call SAIL (Superior Alliance for Independent Living) at 228-5744 for more information.
Calendar – Community – Rural Business Workshop – Feb. 10
Munising – MSU Extension will offer a business workshop “Strategies for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Rural Businesses Using E-commerce and Experimental Marketing” on Wednesday, February 10 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Munising MSU Extension Office, and repeated in the evening from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Munising Public Library.
Learn new economic strategies, [...]
Calendar – Holidays – Valentine Open House and Tea – Feb. 9
Negaunee The Friends of the Negaunee Public Library will sponsor its annual Valentine open house and tea on Tuesday, February 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the library reading room.
Author Robert Dobson will be on hand to discuss his latest book, “The City Built at the Shiny Mountain,” featuring the history of the [...]
Calendar – Education – Portable Planetarium at Peter White Public Library – Feb. 8
Marquette – Star Lab, Northern Michigan University’s portable planetarium, will be set up at the Peter White Public Library on Monday, February 8.
NMU astronomy professor Scott Stobbelaar will present three different programs at 3, 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Registration is encouraged due to space limitations. Call the Youth Services desk at 226-4323 to sign [...]
Calendar – Food/Benefits/Fundraisers – Pancake Breakfast – Feb. 7
Marquette – The Marquette Rotary Club will sponsor its annual pancake breakfast on Sunday, February 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the YMCA gymnasium.
Tickets are available at the YMCA’s front desk. In conjunction with the breakfast, the YMCA will offer extended hours from 8:30 to 5 p.m. and conduct a special membership [...]
Girls Basketball – Marquette (84) vs. Gwinn (29) – 02-03-10
The Redmen faced Gwinn this Wednesday, with Marquette coming out on top by a score 84 to 29. Tune into WRUP 98.3 FM for all your Marquette Redmen basketball action!
Boys Basketball – Marquette (53) vs. Westwood (41) – 02-02-10
The Redmen faced Westwood on Tuesday, with Marquette coming out on top by a score 53 to 41. Tune into WRUP 98.3 FM for all your Marquette Redmen basketball action!
Calendar – Sports – Cheerleading Clinic – Feb. 6
Marquette – The Northern Michigan University cheer team will offer a cheerleading clinic for students in kindergarten through eighth grade on Saturday, February 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in PEIF gym 150.
Cost is $20. To register, call 227-2519. For information, call 485-4763.
Immediately after the clinic, participants will perform with the cheer team [...]
Calendar – Youth – Talent Application Deadline – Feb. 5
Marquette – 2010 Youth Talent Show, sponsored by PSI CHI, an NMU student organization and D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans will be held on Saturday, February 27 at 1:30 p.m. at the Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette.
The 2010 Youth Talent Show is open to anyone 6 to 17 years of age. Talent [...]
Calendar – Health – Smoking Cessation Workshop – Feb. 4
Marquette – The Marquette County Health Department will offer a free Quit Tobacco workshop on Thursday, February 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Snowberry Heights in Marquette.
The workshop will offer strategies to make quitting easier and information on medications. To register, call 315-2621.
The health department also has smoking quit kits available free [...]


