Dawn Adamson

Vortical Flow

Vortical Flow

Latest creative writing piece by Dawn Adamson Need some fresh perspective on the frigid cold of winter this year that will warm up your face with a smile? Read the latest creative writing piece by Dawn Adamson,  This winter has been brutal on the heart, the body, and the soul.  Apparently, we are in some […]

 Mercedes Turino

Fine China And Your Waistline

Fine China And Your Waistline

Making your daily eating habits a satisfying experience Marquette, MI – Mercedes Turino share some insights on how to break mindless eating habits and create a more satisfying dining experience for your meals. When is the last time that you used your fancy plates? You know, the ones that aren’t dishwasher safe. The ones that […]

 Roweena Langin

Annual Trenary Outhouse Classic

Annual Trenary Outhouse Classic

Get ready for the 22nd Trenary Outhouse Classic this February 28th, 2015

Looking for fun things to get you out of the house this winter? Here’s a unique event full with local U.P. style and fun. To find out what it’s all about check this account from last year’s event by MQTmag photographer, Roweena Langin. The Cure For Cabin Fever! Trenary, MI – Roweena  Langin went adventuring […]

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NMU vs MTU Hockey Hot Action Game

NMU vs MTU Hockey Hot Action Game

Wildcat and Huskies face off in high action men’s ice hockey game Saturday at the Berry Events Center! MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Northern Michigan University hockey team played a great game Saturday night against Michigan Tech during their Western Collegiate Hockey Association match.  MTU made the winning goal in the 3rd period finishing the game […]

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Finding Center

Finding Center

Winter Reflections from Tom Vajda… Center. This is the time of year when it is easy to lose the center and wobble out of control in one direction or another.  We wake up when it is dark, go to work when it is dark and when we return home, it is dark again.  We walk […]

 Dawn Adamson

Compassion Meter

Compassion Meter

I have a compassion meter.  This meter has become extremely sensitive and fine-tuned.  It happened while being a mom and working as a nurse in oncology.  As an oncology nurse and someone who now does hospice and home healthcare when I can, I developed a Zero-tolerance meter.  I don’t understand how people can be mean.  […]

 Erica McMillan

5th Annual Chocolate Festival a Success

5th Annual Chocolate Festival a Success

Great turnout for the Superior Alliance for Independent Living’s 5th Annual Chocolate Festival Fundraiser! Marquette, MI – The Superior Allicance for Indepent Living can call it’s 5th annual chocolate festival a success as community members filled the Great Lakes Rooms of the NMU campus center on Sunday, February 9, 2014.  In fact, people were lined […]

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Kids Learn About Environment At NMU

Kids Learn About Environment At NMU

NMU Student Leader Fellowship Program leads kids in hands-on environmental education activities. Marquette, MI – Members of the Student Leader Fellowship Program at Northern Michigan University put together some fun hands-on activities for kids of all ages on Monday, February 17, 2014. Throughout the school year the NMU Student Leader Fellowship Program (SLFP) hosts several […]

 Roweena Langin

All Smiles For NMU Basketball

All Smiles For NMU Basketball

Great weekend of basketball at NMU! Unknown to me and many of the fans that came to the games, NMU had printed trading cards to hand out to the fans that came to attend the games. Yesterday upon entering the building fans received the freshmen and sophomore girl’s basketball team trading cards.  To add to […]

 Chris Plourde

Release Your Inner Child at The Arctic Blast Color Dash

Release Your Inner Child at The Arctic Blast Color Dash

Put some color and fun into your winter landscape and release your inner child at the Arctic Blast Color Dash held annually in Ishpeming, MI! Ishpeming, Michigan – “Acrtic Blast Color Dash do you want to do it?”  That was the question my friend Jennifer asked me one day.  Me being the outdoor, high activity, […]