MARQUETTE — Last month, Marquette County participated in the City Nature Challenge, an annual global citizen science initiative to log as many species observations as possible over a four-day period. These observations were logged in the app iNaturalist and were subsequently available to ...

LAKE LINDEN — Micah Erickson, director of bands at Lake Linden-Hubbell, has been named a quarterfinalist, out of 2,100 music educators across 36 states, for the Music Educator Award™. The award was established to recognize current educators (kindergarten through college and public and ...

IRONWOOS — On Friday, Gogebic Community College held its 92nd commencement ceremony at the Lindquist Student and Conference Center Gymnasium on the campus of Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. Approximately 220 degrees and certificates were awarded, including 43 Associate of Arts, 53 ...

ISHPEMING — In advance of this summer’s Barnes-Hecker cemetery tours, National Honor Society students from both Ishpeming High School and Westwood High School will participate in a community outreach effort to clean the miners’ headstones and commemorative stones at the Ishpeming ...

ESCANABA & IRON MOUNTAIN – Bay College President Nerita Hughes has been elected to serve as an Institutional Representative on the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Board of Directors. Her term will begin on July 1. The AACC’s 32-member board represents community ...

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s Director of Choral Activities, Erin Colwitz, was selected to serve as conductor in residence at New York City’s Carnegie Hall for an April 21 Masterwork Festival Chorus performance. She took full advantage of the opportunity to bring along her ...