37+ min ago  (846+ words) MARQUETTE " There's something fishy going on in the frigid, dark depths of Lake Superior. In the deepest part of the lake, a quarter mile below the surface, researchers are discovering a growing number of extraordinarily thin lake trout that weigh…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (189+ words) MARQUETTE " The city of Marquette has released a Climate Action Survey as part of their creation of a city-wide Climate Action Plan. The survey is open to all Marquette residents. The creation of a Climate Action Plan was outlined in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (450+ words) MARQUETTE " This weekend, from today until Monday, Marquette County will be participating in the City Nature Challenge, an annual global citizen science initiative to log as many species observations as possible over the same four-day period. These observations are logged…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (606+ words) April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." " William Shakespeare Young great horned owls are just about ready to leave their nests and start learning how to take care of themselves. Common grackles, robins, and house finches in town…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (461+ words) And yet, Norway nearly ruined its children. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store launched a program in August to deal with the problem. "Norwegian children used to be among the best readers in the world," he said at the time....

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (176+ words) HOUGHTON " MTEC Smart Zone has announced its 2026 Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Program Accelerator companies. This year's cohort brings together innovators tackling some of manufacturing's most pressing challenges, from circular-economy plastics recycling to precision construction monitoring using machine vision to the…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago  (844+ words) MARQUETTE " A $1. 2 million decline in state grant funding to combat invasive species is challenging conservation organizations to rethink how they protect forests, waterways and communities. Michigan awarded $2. 4 million in grant funding for invasive species control in 2026, down from $3. 6 million in…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (783+ words) LANSING " The Trump administration on Thursday said it will add microplastics and pharmaceuticals to a list of drinking water pollutants that may be regulated in the future, prompting a mix of kudos and calls for more aggressive action in Michigan…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (262+ words) We will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other." " Christina Koch, Mission Specialist crew member Artemis II The All About Birds pages also describe meadowlark's habit of gaping. In order to create holes in the soil to reach…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (350+ words) MARQUETTE " Spring has been taking its time showing up this year, and now another delay has arrived in the form of an ice storm. The National Weather Service has called an ice storm warning for most of the Upper Peninsula,…...