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Marquette Choral Society to have Carol Sing-Along

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Choral Society will host a Carol Sing-Along from 5 to 6 p.m. Eastern time Friday, Dec. 19, at St. Michael Catholic Church in Marquette. This event is free and open to all. Attendees are invited to bring a non-perishable food item to support a local food pantry. Marquette Choral Society is a mixed-voice, non-auditioned, adult choir of more than 100 singers from a four-county region in the Upper Peninsula. MCS strives to engage, enrich and inspire this region through the art of choral music. The ensemble was founded in 1971 by Dr. William Dehning and is ...

Area Finns on Saturday to host ‘Pikkujoulu’

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain area Finnish American Raja Ryhma Border Group invites the community to the annual Pikkujoulu gathering on Saturday, at Recreation Lanes Antoine Room in Iron Mountain. A meet and greet time starts at noon, with a catered meal served by Zollner’s at 1 p.m. Pikkujoulu — translated “Little Christmas” — is a custom in Finland, which developed as a pre-Christmas event to brighten the long Finnish winter nights and to get people into a holiday mood. The Raja Ryhma Border Group enjoys following Finnish traditions and has had an annual ...

Golden K Club learns about the latest scam

By Candy Buchcuski For The Daily News KINGSFORD — On another beautiful fall day in the 40s, the Golden K gathered to hear speaker Trooper Geno Basanese from the Michigan State Police Iron Mountain Post address the problem of new scams. The welcome song was sung for Basanese and Kendra ...

Post 145 to host breakfast Sunday

NORWAY — American Legion Post 145 will host an all-you can-eat breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the hall. Menu includes scrambled eggs, sausage, pancakes, French toast, hash brown potatoes, toast, coffee, milk, juice and fruit salad. Cost is $10 per person, with ages 6 and younger eating for free. Everyone is welcome. This will be the final breakfast for this year. They will return in January. The post is at 612 Main St. in Norway.

Female veterans honored

The Iron Mountain Kingsford Women’s Club honored female veterans at its November meeting at the Chippewa Club. Four veterans attended who had been on the Honor Flight to Washington D.C. that took place in May. Another local veteran, Teresa Flemming, was also on the Honor Flight. Mary Stolze ...

LEOs help with gift boxes

A few Norway High School LEO members volunteered their time at the Norway Covenant Church to help with Operation Christmas Child. The students assisted in organizing, sorting and packaging donated items to prepare gift boxes that will be sent to children around the world. The LEO members were ...