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Michigamme Township stalemate means no supervisor

Dec 12, 2023 | miningjournal.net | Lisa Bowers

By LISA BOWERSJournal City EditorMICHIGAMME — Michigamme Township is without a supervisor for the second month. After interviewing four candidates for the position on Monday, township clerk Tami Hillis said the board was not able to reach a consensus as to which candidate to hire. “As a board, we could not get past a 2-2 vote on any of them, except for one of the candidates who we were able to rule out with a 3-1 vote,” Hillis said.
Ishpeming -Negaunee Chamber director charged with embezzlement

Nov 29, 2023 | dailypress.net | Lisa Bowers

ISHPEMING — The newly named director of the Greater Ishpeming -Negaunee Chamber of Commerce is expected to appear in court to face charges of embezzlement early next month. Samantha LaJeunesse, 34, stands accused of stealing money from the GINCC, a nonprofit organization that serves businesses in the cities of Ishpeming and Negaunee as well as nine surrounding townships. LaJeunesse was charged with three felonies on Nov. 15 in Marquette County District Court.
GINCC employee arrested on embezzlement, other charges

Nov 28, 2023 | miningjournal.net | Lisa Bowers

By LISA BOWERSJournal City EditorISHPEMING — The newly named director of the Greater Ishpeming -Negaunee Chamber of Commerce is expected to appear in court to face charges of embezzlement early next month. Samantha LaJeunesse, 34, stands accused of stealing money from the GINCC, a nonprofit organization that serves businesses in the cities of Ishpeming and Negaunee as well as nine surrounding townships. LaJeunesse was charged with three felonies on Nov. 15 in Marquette County District Court.
Dataset of user interactions across four large pilots on the use of augmented reality in learning experiences - Scientific Data

Nov 23, 2023 | nature.com | Ana Dominguez |Ana Domínguez |Lisa Bowers |Fridolin Wild |Sarah Alcock |Giuseppe Chiazzese | +3 more

AbstractAugmented Reality in education can support students in a wide range of cognitive tasks–fostering understanding, remembering, applying, analysing, evaluating, and creating learning-relevant information more easily. It can help keep up engagement, and it can render learning more fun.
Robert Swanson: ‘I wondered what I got myself into’

Nov 10, 2023 | miningjournal.net | Lisa Bowers

By LISA BOWERSJournal City EditorThe Marine Corps were a good fit for Bob Swanson. When college didn’t work out and he got drafted into the army, Swanson decided to join the Marines instead. He went on active duty on Sept. 9, 1968, and found that stepping off the plane in Los Angeles to report for boot camp was a completely different world than he was used to. “I got onto what they refer to as a cattle car, which was a very crowded bus. I think all of the recruits arrived at the same time.
Sterling Schultz: “I knew right then, it was all different”

Nov 10, 2023 | miningjournal.net | Lisa Bowers

By LISA BOWERSJournal City EditorSterling Schultz is a guy who walks the walk when it comes to helping and honoring Upper Peninsula veterans. The U.P. native is a veteran of the Vietnam War war himself who struggled with post traumatic stress disorder, he knows what it’s like. After graduating from Ishpeming High School in 1962, Schultz held several jobs that included driving big trucks and hauling furniture. That was, until he got his draft papers in1965.
Jill Weingarten: ‘It was definitely different than the U.P.

Nov 10, 2023 | miningjournal.net | Lisa Bowers

By LISA BOWERSJournal City EditorWhen Jill Weingarten sings the National Anthem, it’s about more than perfect pitch. She comes from a long line of people of service. Her father was an Army veteran. “I was absolutely freaked out,” Weingarten said. “Here I was this little 19-year-old girl from the Upper Peninsula.
Daniel Jackovich: ‘Around the clock work’

Nov 10, 2023 | miningjournal.net | Lisa Bowers

By LISA BOWERSJournal City EditorMARQUETTE — When Dan Jackovich went in to the military in November of 1965, the Navy was not his first choice. He had been working at Cliffs Dow for a few months, had attended classes at Northern Michigan University for a year and wasn’t planning to go back. So he and a friend decided to go to the post office, which also served at the draft office at the time, to check whether their draft lottery number had been called. The K.I..
Al Henderson: “The war was winding down”

Nov 7, 2023 | miningjournal.net | Lisa Bowers

By LISA BOWERSJournal City Editor Al Henderson is a Vietnam Veteran who considers himself lucky for a variety of reasons. He entered the Air Force just out of high school in 1970 at the tail end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Rather than waiting for his number to come up in the draft, Henderson decided to join the Air Force. After serving his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, he went to Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois to become a metals processing specialist.
Spreading goodness by giving winter warmth

Oct 20, 2023 | miningjournal.net | Lisa Bowers

By LISA BOWERSJournal city editorMARQUETTE –An area nonprofit organization is asking Marquette County residents to look for donation boxes in order to help a neighbor. Three area businesses are taking part in the fourth annual Bundle Up Marquette alongside Spread Goodness Day founder Anna Dravland. In the past, Dravland said thousands of new and gently used winter apparel items have been donated and then given to individuals who need them.