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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

THE CITY OF NEGAUNEE IS GOING THROUGH A RENAISSANCE OF SORTS. THE BEAUTIFICATION OF DOWNTOWN, THE ADDITION OF NEW BUSINESSES, IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY PARKS, AND LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALL SIGNS OF A HEALTHY, GROWING CITY. NEGAUNEE CITY MANAGER NATE HEFFRON SAYS THE PASSING OF THE BUDGET WILL ALLOW THE CITY GROW FURTHER.

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Negaunee approves new budget

November 14, 2024 - Updated on November 15, 2024

It's housing. It's getting people affordable or attainable housing in the city of Marquette, new businesses to the city of monquette and getting more jobs for people. It is the same things that we've been facing, along with feeling that different climate change initiatives and making sure that we're moving forward with carbon initiatives and things like that.

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A new look for Marquette City Commission

November 11, 2024 - Updated on November 12, 2024

NMU hosted a conference focusing on social services needed in Native American communities. The conference seeks to strengthen indigenous communities by restoring Native American cultural practices as it relates to social services to native peoples. Conference organizer Shelby Boggs explains the idea behind the event "We want to really emphasize the ways that community and culture are both resiliency and protective factors for Native American people in response to the traumas and intergenerational traumas that we experience." said Boggs.

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Native American Conference seeks cultural resilience

November 7, 2024

Polling locations in Marquette officially closed at 8 pm, but if you were in line by then, you could still vote. "The polls, even though they closed at eight, we allowed those folks that were in line to vote. So it did finally finish up at about 20 after eight or so," said Talsma.

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High voter turnout in Marquette County

November 6, 2024

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