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The Upper Peninsula has seen significant lake-effect snow, especially in areas with a Northwest exposure to Lake Superior. 19 News spoke with the National Weather Service, about why some places received two feet of snow and others, less than an inch. Since Thanksgiving, the City of Munising has seen 24" of snow, while Marquette received less than an inch. According to Meteorologist Matt Zika with the National Weather Service, this past fall has been the warmest on record causing higher water temperatures, so when frigid air passes over that warm water it gets absorbed by the system and falls as snow once it makes landfall. "And with the pattern set up with this cold air over the record warm waters, it just sets up the machine to where it was just dumping snow in areas favored by northwesterly winds," said Zika.

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Lake effect snow to continue

December 2, 2024 - Updated on December 3, 2024

From cutting down your own tree from their back lot of live trees to pre-cut trees of every size, Meisters a has tree to fit any household. Owner, George Meister explains the selection. "Balsam Fir, Canaan Fir and Fraser Fir. We've also got some Scotch Pine and White Pine, and some Spruce around as well, some Blue Spruce and White Spruce," said Meister. But George has his favorite "Yes, we really focus on furs for a couple of reasons. One, they grow well for us, but they're also the ones that have that classic evergreen scent that you think of when you think of the smell of Christmas trees," said Meister. On opening day most folks opted to cut their own tree, but it's harder than it looks "This year is quite difficult, but we picked a bigger tree than normal," said Christopher Lemkuil. "Yeah, it was a blue spruce. In the past, I think we got a Frazier but the spruce was a little harder to cut down, I guess."

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Meister’s Christmas Tree Farm opens for the season

November 29, 2024 - Updated on December 2, 2024

THE WINTER LIGHT FESTIVAL IS A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL HOLIDAY-RELATED EVENTS. THE CELEBRATION INCLUDES THE POPULAR LASER LIGHT SHOW ON THE LOWER HARBOR ORE DOCK'S NORTHEAST FACE, THE LIGHTING OF THE CITY'S CHRISTMAS TREE, THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARADE, FESTIVE HOLIDAY LIGHTS DOWNTOWN AND A NEW ATTRACTION CALLED OSCILLATION. SUSAN ESTLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRAVEL MARQUETTE SAYS COMBINING ALL THESE EVENTS INTO ONE FESTIVAL WILL HOPEFULLY DRAW MORE PEOPLE. It's a series of different events. Some are events that have existed for a while, but it's kind of bundled together so that it is something special and something unique. DDA is involved with it, as well as The Arts and Culture and Public Arts Commission.

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What’s new this year for the Lower Harbor Laser Light Show?

November 27, 2024

THE MARQUETTE TWP. CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY WAS HELD Tuesday night AT THE WESTWOOD MALL. THE EVENING KICKED OFF WITH A CHORUS LINE OF YOUNG DANCERS FROM STUDIO DANCE AND ARTS IN MARQUETTE. FROM PRESCHOOL TO PRE-TEENS, THESE KIDS STRUTTED THEIR STUFF ON STAGE AS THEY WARMED UP THE AUDIENCE FOR THE GRINCH, WHO TRIED TO HIJACK THE EVENT BUT WAS SOON APPREHENDED BY A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. FIRST TIME ATTENDEE, LISA SCHIEFEL WAS IMPRESSED. "Are you having fun? Yes, I am. What did you think of the show out there? It was amazing," said Schiefel. "It was my first year, and I absolutely loved it. Yeah, the dancers. The dancers were phenomenal. I recorded everything, and it was amazing."

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Marquette Township lights its holiday tree

November 26, 2024 - Updated on November 27, 2024

The amount of families in the up experiencing homelessness is growing at an alarming rate. Until now, there hasn't been a homeless shelter in Marquette County just for families. In response, room at the inn is about to open such a place. Executive Director Chelsea Wilkinson says the need is out there. Over the last year and a half or so have seen a really alarming increase in families who are not fleeing domestic violence, and who are experiencing homelessness. And unfortunately, the closest family shelter to here is in Menominee. You've got single-parent households or even two-parent households that just really can't afford rent anymore. And so we want to make sure that there is a safety net for those families.

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Family homeless shelter to open in Marquette

November 25, 2024 - Updated on November 26, 2024

The city of Negaunee held a public input session this week to determine the future of the Vista Theater. The city presented preliminary blueprints for how the theater will look once the renovations are complete.

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Negaunee’s Vista Theater to open in 2026

November 22, 2024 - Updated on November 25, 2024

Today was Marquette's Downtown Day Out, formerly known as Ladies Night Out. However, this year, the Downtown Development Authority chose to expand the promotion to include the entire day, allowing more people to participate. Michael Bradford, the DDA's Promotions Director, says it's all about getting people downtown. "We want people to be aware of what downtown has to offer. It's not just retail, it's not just restaurants, but there's also experience and service. It's very diverse. It's a quite large downtown," said Bradford.

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Large turnout for Marquette’s “Downtown Day Out”

November 21, 2024 - Updated on November 22, 2024

When Howard Schultz visited NMU last month, he shared his humble beginnings, his experiences at Northern and his life skills with a room full of students during an intimate Fireside Chat with NMU President Brock Tessman Wednesday, he shared even more. Through the Shultz Family Foundation, he has gifted NMU with One million dollars. President, Tessman recalls how that came to be. "He visited campus about a month or so ago, he was so inspired by that visit, that he followed up with a million-dollar gift to support student scholarships and our athletics programs," said Tessman. Tessman believes Schultz's visit made an impact on the students. The visit also brought back fond memories for Mr. Schultz, who graduated from Northern in 1975.

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Former Starbucks chairman donates one million dollars to NMU

November 20, 2024

In their first meeting since the election, the Gwen Area Community School Board is again planning to ask the voters for the funds needed to maintain their schools, and even though the bond proposal lost by 400 votes, the school's superintendent, Dr Sarah Croney says she is not discouraged. "We looked at it as 38% of our voters a year ago were positive in their vote, and this year, 46% were positive," said Croney.

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Gwinn Schools will try again for bond proposal

November 20, 2024

he Marquette Downtown Development Authority has expanded its popular Ladies Night Out to include the whole day. The goal is to get people downtown and to see what a wide variety of offerings are waiting for you. DDA, Michael Bradford says this newly expanded day out is more accessible to more people.

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Marquette’s “Day Out” is Thursday

November 19, 2024 - Updated on November 20, 2024

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