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rspitza@miningjournal.net Joseph Dixon, supervisory special agent for the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration, speaks with local media about Drug Take Back Day at the Michigan State Police Negaunee Post on Wednesday. Drug Take Back Day, a biannual initiative that allows the public the opportunity to turn in unused prescription drugs, is set for this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Journal photo by Ryan Spitza) NEGAUNEE — Are you ever left wondering what to do with unused prescription drugs? Instead of leaving them to sit in a medicine cabinet for the next several ...

rspitza@miningjournal.net Jim LaJoie, executive director of the Superior Health Foundation, speaks at the foundation’s spring grants celebration on Wednesday night. The foundation awarded more than $272,000 in funding to area health-focused organizations. (Journal photo by Ryan Spitza) MARQUETTE — The Superior Health Foundation held its spring grants celebration on Wednesday night, distributing 18 grant awards totaling over $272,000 to health-focused organizations serving the Upper Peninsula. The grants were presented at a reduced-capacity, socially distanced ceremony at the Holiday ...

rspitza@miningjournal.net Charlotte Neyrinck, 2, of Crystal Falls enjoys the slide at the Kids Cove playground at Ellwood A. Mattson Park in Marquette. Efforts are underway to replace the original Kids Cove wooden structure, with the city of Marquette recently approving a professional services contract with Sanders & Czapski Associates of Marquette. The city will pay up to $77,000 to the landscape and architecture firm to oversee the design and construction of a new playground.(Journal photo by Christie Mastric) MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette recently took the next step in its plan to b...

rspitza@miningjournal.net Northern Michigan University freshman Grace Mattson prepares to take a nasal swab to test for COVID-19 at the Northern Center during the Passport to Campus event in August. NMU plans to hold vaccine clinics for students on Tuesday and Wednesday. (Journal file photo) MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University will receive an allocation of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, with clinics to start on Tuesday, the school announced Friday. NMU’s Ada B. Vielmetti Health Center confirmed that it will be receiving the allotment, and because the vaccine requires a sin...

rspitza@miningjournal.net World War II Navy veteran Rodger Johnson is pictured. Now 96 years old, Johnson served at the beaches of Normandy. Seventy-six years after the end of the war, he can now say he has defeated COVID-19 as well. Johnson currently resides at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette, where he was recently discharged from the COVID unit. He recently had a special meal delivered to him from The Delft Bistro in Marquette to celebrate. (Photo courtesy of Rodger and Peggy Swing) MARQUETTE — Rodger Johnson has pretty much been through it all in life. Just 96 years yo...