![Construction workers prepare the foundation for the new wildcat statue set to be unveiled at 3 p.m on Friday, Sept. 21. The bronze wildcat was made possible through a gift from the estate of former NMU Board of Trustees chair Gil Ziegler.
Photo by Tim Eggert](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/statue-1024x768.jpg)
Blazed in bronze: Wildcat statue donated to NMU
Benny Garbacz
• September 13, 2018
![Swimming takes second at Calvin Invitational](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/re-NWLogoSocialMedia-1.jpg)
Swimming takes second at Calvin Invitational
Benny Garbacz
• December 7, 2017
![Photo courtesy of Ryan Shively: Sophomore accounting major Ryan Shively had a successful deer season.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/re-Hunting-1024x1024.jpg)
Successful season? Wildcats tell their deer hunting stories
Benny Garbacz
• December 7, 2017
![Photo by Lindsey Eaton:
The Legacy building, pictured above, will be given a new name once construction is complete. The inside will house a research center for cancer exercise that will be led by NMU’s School of Heath and Human Performance.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/re-LegacyBuilding.jpg)
Oncology research lab construction nears end
Benny Garbacz
• December 7, 2017
![Swim teams claim victory](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/re-NWLogoSocialMedia-1.jpg)
Swim teams claim victory
Benny Garbacz
• November 16, 2017
![Writers to tell narratives of power, violence](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/unnamed-1024x219.png)
Writers to tell narratives of power, violence
Benny Garbacz
• November 16, 2017
![Swim team finds success](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/re-NWLogoSocialMedia-1.jpg)
Swim team finds success
Benny Garbacz
• November 9, 2017
![Photo by Emma Case: Senior Taylor Ehle and freshman Max Stevens star in the drama “Constellations” by contemporary British playwright Nick Payne.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/re-Constellations-1024x678.jpg)
Romance with a sci-fi twist
Benny Garbacz
• November 9, 2017
![Photo by Lindsey Eaton: Bookworld, pictured above, is closed for the night and soon to be forever. This is one of seven locations in the Upper Peninsula where the store has had a fair amount of success over its years in the community.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bookworld.jpg)
Book World closes doors in seven Midwest states
Benny Garbacz
• November 9, 2017
![‘Jigsaw’ has new style but same cruel tricks](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Jigsaw.jpg)
‘Jigsaw’ has new style but same cruel tricks
Benny Garbacz
• November 2, 2017
![Swim and Dive team makes splash](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/re-NWLogoSocialMedia-1.jpg)
Swim and Dive team makes splash
Benny Garbacz
• October 26, 2017
![NMUPD and the Marquette Police Department arrested Caleb Scott Anderson Friday in relation to multiple reports of 4th degree criminal sexual conduct on NMUs campus and in the city of Marquette.
NW Photo Archives](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/re-PSafety_LE-1024x682.jpg)
Public Safety officers prep for Halloween
Benny Garbacz
• October 26, 2017
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