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The Barta Farms Annual Bull Sale is back in downtown Marquette with educational and business opportunities this year as well.

MARQUETTE — Hometown pride isnt penned up in rural communities, but the bulls on main street sure are.  Nearly 100 people packed into the Smoky Valley Distillery in Marquette on Tuesday night to participate in one of the most unusual bull sales many had seen in their lives.   Ryan Barta, owner of Barta Farms LLC in Little River, asked the Marquette City Council in late March if he could hold his "Angus Comes to Town" sale downtown, to which they responded positively.   “I think ...