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Sights and sounds of Hands Off! Marquette fights back

Caden Sierra April 8, 2025

This video captures the sights and sounds of Hands Off!, a protest held on Saturday, April 5, 2025. It started in Commons Park and moved through downtown Marquette as part of a national day of action. Thousands...

ALWAYS A GOOD TIME—  Perreira is seen behind the bar pouring drink.

Bottles up— Marquette bartender draws community closer one drink at a time

Caden Sierra and Megan Voorhees March 27, 2025

If you’ve ever grabbed a drink at the Wooden Nickel in Marquette, there’s a good chance Tom Perreira was the one who handed it to you. By day, he’s a mechanical engineering student but by night he’s...

The current jail, once it was fit for Marquette County but now no longer.

Marquette County needs a new jail

Antonio Anderson, Opinion Editor January 27, 2025

The Marquette County Jail, located in the city of Marquette, is in dire need of updates and expansion. As Marquette County’s population has grown, so have the number of incarcerated individuals. Despite...

SAFTEY FIRST - Anthony Clyne sits with a bear his team was able to capture easily due to the special techniques used by the DNR.

Profile – Carnivorous research with Anthony Clyne

Nathan Kwapisz February 9, 2023

NMU senior Anthony Clyne's first intrigue with nature came from his trips with his father to their cabin in Oscoda, Michigan. Clyne and his dad would hunt, fish and explore nature. This spark of interest...

WINTER WAVES - Surfers catch the huge winter waves before the shore freezes over.

Surfs Up!

Nathan Kwapisz February 8, 2023

Remy Emelian, an environmental studies and sustainability major, first encountered surfing when he was down in Florida. Emelian saw a peer enjoying the “stoke,” surfing slang for fun, of surfing and...

TV-19 — A look inside Marquette's newest TV station. WZMQ TV-19 is Marquette’s newest CBS affiliate news station, one that several graduates and current students work for and has only recently begun broadcasting live.

Profile — A look inside the studio: WZMQ TV-19

Willow Rasch January 27, 2023

WZMQ TV-19 is Marquette’s newest CBS affiliate news station, one that several graduates and current students work for, and has only recently begun broadcasting live. “Our [WZMQ TV-19] studio did...

DONATION BASED — All of the kombucha Vancheck makes, she offers on the side of the road and uses an honor system to accept donations in exchange for the drink. She prints the labels and processes the kombucha herself, but the longevity of the kombucha stand is a community effort.

Kombucha? You Betcha

Emily Seven, Contributing Writer November 10, 2022

A little black fridge sits on the side of County Road 550 — to the unassuming passerby, its presence would hardly be noticed. Inside, bottles of home brewed kombucha sit neatly lined up, a product of...

FALL COLORS — The top of Mount Marquette provides a great view of the fall foliage. With leaves at their peak, now is the perfect time to take a hike and enjoy the shades of orange, red and yellow while they last.

Opinion — 8 places to photograph around Marquette before the leaves drop

Emily Seven, Contributing Writer October 19, 2022

Fall in the Upper Peninsula is taking winding back roads to amazing displays of fall foliage. Get outdoors and see the colors while they are here. Below you will find some go-to fall places along with...

EXPLORE - Marquette's Presque Isle is one of the area's many beautiful places for outdoor excursions. Tourists and locals alike go to Presque to walk or bike the forest trail and relax on the beach.

Opinion — Exploring Marquette

Hannah Jenkins, Copy Editor September 15, 2022

Although small, the city of Marquette is a vibrant and active community, set against the beautiful backdrop of Lake Superior. Like most Midwestern towns, its people are friendly to neighbors and newcomers...

VINYL GALORE — Over 10,000 records, CDs, posters, hundreds of stickers and more will be available at Geoff Walker and Jon Teichman's 5-day vinyl record show.

5-day record show to spin in vinyl enthusiasts

Madoline Plattenberg, Features Editor August 31, 2022

Nine years ago on March 23, 2013, Geoff Walker set up three tables of records upstairs at the Ore Dock Brewing Company. He made the decision to try selling his records there after talking with his brother,...

TIME TO PLAY THE GAME—Marquette's newest gaming store, Iron Golem Games, holds new opportunities for gamers to come and enjoy. Dallas Wiertella/NW

Iron Golem Games presents area’s newest gaming hub

Dallas Wiertella, Staff Writer April 22, 2022

A new game store, Iron Golem Games, offers a wide variety of services that extends beyond just selling products to both experienced hobbyist and casual table-top enthusiasts. Located at 328 W. Washington...

MEDITATION - Connor Ryan teaches an evening class at Unity Yoga Co-Op. Ryan is the founder of Unity Yoga and provides yoga classes in a variety of styles to accommodate every person.

Unity Yoga: connecting the community through donation based yoga

Olivia Apa, Features Writer January 29, 2022

Unity Yoga Co-Op is a quaint space on Washington Street, where anyone can go and forge a deeper connection with the self, with others in the community and with the practice of yoga.   “Yoga has...

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