Upcoming blood donation opportunities available
MARQUETTE — The American Red Cross urges people of all blood types to make an appointment to give blood or platelets now to help ensure patients continue to receive the care they need. Local blood drives are planned in Dickinson and Iron counties. The first will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at Christ United Methodist Church, 20 S. Fifth St. in Crystal Falls. The VFW in Iron River will host a blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at 94 E. Genesee St. In Kingsford, a blood drive will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the First ...
‘Ghosts of Lighthouse Point’ events set
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Maritime Museum will present its annual fundraiser, “Ghosts of Lighthouse Point,” from 7 to 9 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday and 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9-10, as “historical ghosts and dead sailors haunt Lighthouse Park” in Marquette. Tours will leave every 10 minutes from the bike path in between the museum and the Coast Guard station. The 7 to 8 p.m. tours are kid- and family-friendly, and the 8 to 10 p.m. tours are for adults and teens age 13 and older. Tickets can be purchased by calling 906-226-2006. Tickets will also be ...
Free Outdoor Education program on Oct. 13
FLORENCE, Wis. — The public is invited to the next free, monthly Outdoor Education Program on bees, maple syrup, grapes, wine and jelly on Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Florence, featuring Gino Venditti of STAG Farms. This program will start at 6 p.m. in the lower level conference room at the Florence Natural Resource building, 5628 Forestry Drive, on the corner of U.S. 2 and Highway 101/70 in Florence. Unfortunately, there will be not be a Zoom link on the Florence County Web page. Venditti started STAG Farms in 2015 in Iron Mountain. He began keeping bees as a hobby and was introduced, ...
TFT offers free introduction to orienteering field program
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — Trees For Tomorrow or TFT, in partnership with Tara Lila LLC, invites beginner navigators to a free Introduction to Orienteering program from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at the TFT campus in Eagle River. Thanks to a wonderful partnership with Tara Lila LLC, TFT ...
Michigan foster kids struggle after aging out of state system
(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) When Brianna Carsley, who spent most of her life in and out of foster care, graduated from Oxford High School in 2023, she’d already been ...