🌱 Want your performance featured at this fall’s Marquette Fringe Fest?
Marquette, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Marquette! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Want your performance featured at this fall’s Marquette Fringe Fest?
- Investigators probe cause of Richmond Township mobile home fire
- Vehicle fire near Teal Lake closes key Negaunee intersection tonight
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 72 and low of 61 degrees.
- Thursday: Variable clouds, a t-storm, temps: high: 74, low: 59.
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 68 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Applications now open to feature your art in Fall Fringe Fest (uppermichiganssource.com) — Local performers now have a chance to apply for stage time at this fall’s Marquette Fringe Fest, set for Oct. 23–24 at Marquette Commons and downtown venues. Organizers aim to showcase diverse, affordable performances so residents of all incomes can experience original local art. Interested artists can find application details on the Marquette Fringe website. 
2. UPDATE: Investigation starts in contained Richmond Township fire (uppermichiganssource.com) — Fire crews from several townships and the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office quickly contained a mobile home fire Tuesday on County Road MM in Richmond Township. No one was inside, and investigators suspect an electrical issue at a pump house, with a formal fire investigation now underway and state wildlife officials assisting with related grass fires.
3. Vehicle engulfed in flames at Negaunee gas station (uppermichiganssource.com) — Emergency crews from Negaunee, Ishpeming, state police and Marquette County are handling a vehicle fire at the Krist gas station in Negaunee, with traffic detoured around Teal Lake Avenue and Baldwin Avenue. Marquette City Police will release more details, and residents should avoid the area while the intersection remains blocked.
4. EGLE director backs dam safety reforms, brownfield expansion as budget talks continue (wzmq19.com) — State environmental officials are pushing for major updates to Michigan’s brownfield and dam safety laws, changes that could directly affect redevelopment projects in Marquette and across the U.P. A proposed bill would lift the one-project-per-community cap, helping cities like Marquette tackle multiple contaminated sites, while new dam rules and funding aim to prevent disasters as storms intensify.
📸 Around Marquette
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Upcoming Events in
Marquette
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Northern Nights: Live with The Knockabouts! (6/5)
Marquette Area Public Schools Shiras Planetarium, 1203 W Fair Ave, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
7:00 pm -
Dinosaurs-A Story of Survival (6/6)
Marquette Area Public Schools Shiras Planetarium, 1203 W Fair Ave, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
6:00 pm -
Laser Elton John (6/6)
Marquette Area Public Schools Shiras Planetarium, 1203 W Fair Ave, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
7:00 pm -
Laser Rolling Stones (6/6)
Marquette Area Public Schools Shiras Planetarium, 1203 W Fair Ave, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
8:30 pm -
Yoga Under the Stars
Marquette Area Public Schools Shiras Planetarium, 1203 W Fair Ave, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
5:30 pm
Friday June 5
Saturday June 6
Wednesday June 10
📣 Marquette Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Ishpeming Garden Club — Partridge Creek Farm →
Ishpeming Middle School Garden, 402 Cleveland Ave, Ishpeming
2:45 pm -
Workshop | Transplanting →
Ishpeming Carnegie Library, 317 N Main St, Ishpeming
5:30 pm -
4Cs Culitvating Care, Compassion, and Connection →
Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front St, Marquette
1:00 pm -
Happy Hour Fish Fry →
Happy Hour Bar, 5 E Stephenson Ave, Gwinn
4:00 pm -
Northern Nights: Live with The Knockabouts! (6/5)
Marquette Area Public Schools Shiras Planetarium, 1203 W Fair Ave, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
7:00 pm -
Summer Reading Kickoff: A Dinosaur Discovery Show →
Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front St, Marquette
10:00 am -
Dinosaurs-A Story of Survival (6/6)
Marquette Area Public Schools Shiras Planetarium, 1203 W Fair Ave, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
6:00 pm
Thursday June 4
Friday June 5
Saturday June 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- FIRST ALERT: We're under an elevated fire risk due to a prolonged dry stretch, low humidity and gusts of 20mph. No open burning today. Relief comes... (X: wluctv6)
- At 3:00 PM EDT, 3 WNW Chicago Lake [Delta Co, MI] Broadcast Media reports Wildfire. A mile-long fire is burning on H-13 near County Road 440 in... (X: iembot_mqt)
- Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Janitorial Associate in Marquette. Apply here.
- Coborn's, Inc. posted a job opening for Produce Clerk in Marquette. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Marquette here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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