🌱 What a judge just ordered Marquette County to redo on airport contract

Morning Marquette! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What a judge just ordered Marquette County to redo on airport contract
• How Marquette's Orange Shirt Day walk confronted painful boarding school history

Also on today's calendar: Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 65 and low of 48 degrees.
• Friday: A steady breeze with sunshine, temps: high: 58, low: 44.
• Saturday: An afternoon shower, with a high of 58 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Judge issues partial bench ruling on Kubick Aviation lawsuit against Marquette County (uppermichiganssource.com) — A judge has ordered the Marquette County Board to formally meet and vote in public if it wants to terminate Kubick Aviation's contract at Sawyer Regional Airport, though he stopped short of finding an Open Meetings Act violation. The ruling is one step in a larger lawsuit alleging fraud and other claims, leaving 13 counts still under review and future hearings yet to be scheduled.
   

• 'Looking at the genocide': Indigenous community walks for truth and healing in Marquette (myupnow.com) — Residents gathered in Marquette for an Orange Shirt Day walk that traced a route from Grandview Apartments, the former Holy Family Orphanage site, to the Seven Grandfathers sculpture at Spear Dock. Organized by the Marquette Intertribal Community, the event honored Indigenous children forced into boarding schools and gave local descendants space to share stories, confront generational trauma, and focus on healing together.
   

📸 Around Marquette

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Marquette

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour →
  2000 S Mission St, Mt Pleasant
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival →
  Northern Center, Marquette
• Booked: Wedding →
  Nagelkirk Gardens, 1060 M-28, Marquette
  9:00 am
• MIDC's 5th Annual Upper Peninsula Conference →
  Peter White Public Library, 217 North Front Street, Marquette
  10:00 am
• October First Friday at Bodega →
  Cafe Bodega, 517 N 3rd St, Marquette
  5:30 pm
• Fall/Winter Cocktail Menu Focus Group →
  The Honorable Distillery, 136 W Washington St, Marquette
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• 2026 MCQA Quilt Show →
  Ojibwa Casino, Marquette
• Booked Ceremony →
  Nagelkirk Gardens, 1060 M-28, Marquette
  9:00 am
• LGBTQ+ Allyship for Parents Workshop - Marquette →
  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 201 E Ridge St, Marquette
  10:00 am
• Get Your Rainbow On: Teen Tie Dye Event →
  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 201 E Ridge St, Marquette
  1:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Booked Wedding →
  Nagelkirk Gardens, 1060 M-28, Marquette
  12:00 pm
• Monthly Board Meeting →
  The Crib, 401 N 3rd St, Marquette
  1:00 pm
Monday October 5
• LGBTQ+ History and Trivia - Marquette →
  Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front St, Marquette
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone know if the road up Marquette Mountain is open now?
  What condition it is in? And can you drive a car up there or do you need a 4-wheel drive vehicle? (Nextdoor McClellen - N 7th)
• If anyone in the Marquette area is looking to get yard work done reach out to me at 419-308-3944.
  I am a student at NMU and i'm looking for work. (Nextdoor Presque Isle - Wright)

• Jimmy John's Franchise, LLC posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Marquette. Apply here.
• Premium Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser - Walmart in Marquette. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Marquette here.

🗞 Nearby News

Negaunee

• U.P. volleyball rankings remain unchanged (miningjournal.net)
• DNR seeks public input on plans for Van Riper State Park, Michigan Iron Industry Museum (uppermichiganssource.com)
• This U.P. Coffee Shop Has Small-Batch Roasts and an Airbnb Upstairs (newsbreak.com)

Ishpeming

• Miners make a move (miningjournal.net)

Ok Marquette! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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