Central Region

WeCAN supporting artists in West End creative community

There’s a new nonprofit in western Marquette County that has made it a mission to help support the artists in that neck of the woods. The West End Community Arts […]

DNR launches new mobile app for summer recreation in Michigan
Michigan State University medical program expands UP campus
Yooper Steez expands and now has U.P.-inspired skateboard
Marquette profiled as travel destination

Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune

U.P. golf courses get magazine attention

Source: The Escanaba Daily Press

Great Lakes profiled by N.Z. travel site

Source: IOL Travel

First a book and now a feature-length movie? The U.P. is getting put in the spotlight

Written by a Yooper and set in the Upper Peninsula, Ron Riekki's book, U.P. has locals anxiously awaiting the production of a feature-length film shot right in their backyard. Second Wave's Victoria Peters talks book tours and screenplays with Steven Wiig, a Negaunee native whose gung-ho attitude has gotten the ball rolling to make the movie happen here in Michigan.

Construction starts on US 41 roundabout
Buffalo Wild Wings coming to Marquette, hiring 115 new employees

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