22 Veterans Commit Suicide Every Day
Alarming rates on veteran suicides released by VA report! Cruising the news recently I came across some shocking statistics about U.S. Veterans and suicide. A VA study released in 2012 found that an average of 22 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans (IAVA) commit suicide every day. I was further concerned to discover that less than one-quarter […]
What Coconut Can Do For Your Health
Myth: Fat is bad for you. This misconception was birthed in the no-fat, low-fat movement of the 90’s era of nutrition. In the 80’s and 90’s many health advocates were demonizing all fats, including coconut. But now, coconut oil and other coconut products are flying off the shelves with a seal of approval from the […]
Fat Bike Fever Hits Marquette County
Biking season enjoyed up North all year round as fat bike fever hits Marquette County! “Marquette County has some of the world’s best snow biking right out the back door, so get yourself a Fat bike and go ride these unbelievable trails year round!” –Mike Brunet Marquette Michigan is the easiest place in the […]
Kite Skiing on Lake Superior
Marquette, MI – March 25, 2014 – This year’s winter of record breaking frigid cold has brought the Great Lakes ice cover to reach 91 percent, a level not seen since 1973. Here an Upper Peninsula resident takes advantage of the frozen waters by kite skiing on Lake Superior. You could say kite skiing is […]
Lack of Enforcement by MDEQ Puts Local Watershed at Risk
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NEW DRAFT GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR EAGLE MINE TUESDAY 3-24-14 March 24, 2014 · by Mindy Otto · courtesy of the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Eagle Mine is required to revise their permits every five years which are intended to regulate potential sources of pollution. YDWP has found the new draft to be inadequate for […]
Marquette Holistic Health Fair
Great turn-out for the 15th Annual Spring Holistic Health Fair! Marquette, MI, March 22, 2014 – I joined my mother and her best friend to attend what we thought was a women’s health fair only to find that it was actually the Marquette Holistic Health Fair! “Equally as good for me,” I thought. I already […]
This is More Fun
What do cancer and earrings have in common? Check out the latest creative writing piece by Marquette Magazine featured writer Dawn Adamson. For quite some time I have been visiting a young woman with a terminal disease. In the past, I would join her for tea, a wicked game of cribbage or scrabble. I haven’t […]
Schwarzenegger and Cameron Collaborate To Fight Climate Change
Hollywood heavy hitters collaborate on climate change documentary In regards to climate change Hollywood director James Cameron had this to say from his new documentary, “99 out of every 100 climate scientists tell us that climate change is real, and that the situation is worsening. If you were sick and 99 doctors told you that […]
Emerging Artists Shine at Peter White Library
Young talents from the Marquette area took turns in the spotlight during open mic performance. Marquette, MI, March 6, 2014 – There was a great turn-out from the community as the Marquette Arts & Culture Center (MACC) hosted their monthly Evening of Arts and Culture giving an opportunity for emerging artists shine at Peter White […]
Inequality Hampers Economic Growth
New IMF study shows that taxing the rich is good for the economy Marquette, MI – The IMF (International Monetary Fund) recently published results from a series of studies that prove beyond reasonable doubt how inequality hampers economic growth and that we shouldn’t worry about fixing it through taxation. Surprisingly these new findings are being […]
