Erica McMillan

Making REdesign A Reality In The U.P.

Making REdesign A Reality In The U.P.

Taylor Ehle REdesigns The Way We Wear Clothes

Marquette Michigan – If someone asked you, “If given the choice to save 1,500 gallons of water, keep unecessary pesticides out of the ground, and prevent caustic chemicals from entering our water systems, would you do it?” I believe most of us would answer a resounding, “Yes!” Now what if they said you could accomplish […]

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North Wind Paper Evokes Essence of Journalism

North Wind Paper Evokes Essence of Journalism

Student Journalists Get To The Core of Journalism's Role In Society

Marquette Michigan – History has shown us that corruption in positions of power and privilege are as natural to human nature as sleeping and eating. Civilizations have developed their own ways of dealing with this issue; ours in the U.S. being a system of checks and balances. In fact, our forefathers took this issue so […]

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Marquette Thai House Restaurant

Marquette Thai House Restaurant

A Taste Of Exotic Flavors From Southeast Asia

Marquette Michigan – If you’re in the mood to try some Asian food in Marquette look no further than the Thai House Restaurant on Third Sreet. This place does a good job of presenting many classic Thai dishes for a Midwest palette in a small community largely unaccustomed to exotic cuisine. Their menu invites us […]

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Trenary Outhouse Classic

Trenary Outhouse Classic

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  Trenary Michigan – The skies opened and let the sun shine down to warm smiling faces and spirits of the hundreds of people who came out to attend the 22nd annual Trenary Outhouse Races.  Put on each year with the intention of getting people out of the house in the middle of winter to […]

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Paladino’s Cafe Serves It Up Fresh, Local, and Fast

Paladino’s Cafe Serves It Up Fresh, Local, and Fast

Marquette, MI – What makes a meal superb? Must it be fancy or expensive? Does it need exotic ingredients or a long poetic name? Is it the artful way it sits upon your plate? Sure, these elements all contribute to the experience of fine cuisine but what really makes a meal that will fill you […]

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Eating Together: a Family Anchor

Eating Together: a Family Anchor

Time To Bring Back The Family Dinner Table

Rushing between errands, chores, appointments, long work hours, and time lost in front of various screens – all these are distancing us from the times (not so long ago) when families sat down each day around the dinner table for an hour of focused conversation and eating together. With all the running around modern families […]

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Lake Superior Theatre Season Opener

Lake Superior Theatre Season Opener

The Lake Superior Theatre  presents the Musical “Pippin” at their lakeside playhouse Marquette, MI – I recently made my first visit to the Lake Superior Theatre playhouse for a dress rehearsal of “Pippin” and fell immediately in love with this atmospheric theatre!  Upon entering the building you are transported to another world.  Dark and rustic, the character of […]

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Marquette Holistic Health Fair

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 […]

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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 […]