City offices located at Marquette City Hall, 300 W. Baraga Avenue; the Lakeview Arena, 401 E. Fair Avenue; the Arts and Culture Center, 217 N. Front Street (in the Peter White Public Library); and the Municipal Service Center, 1100 Wright Street, will be closed November 23-25, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Marquette Police, Fire, and Public Works and Utilities will remain operational during this time. 

There will be no change in garbage pickup for City residents.

The Phil Niemisto statue, located at the Phil Niemisto Pocket Park on the 100 block of W. Washington St. in Downtown Marquette, will be removed for the winter for repairs, and will be returning in the spring. Artist Earl Senchuk will be completing these repairs.

Applications are now available for City residents seeking appointment to the vacancy on the Marquette City Commission.

The applications can be found online at www.marquettemi.gov/commissionapplication, and in person at the City Clerk’s Office, located at 300 W. Baraga Ave. The deadline for applications is 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 8.

Under the Marquette City Charter, “vacancies in elective offices shall, within 60 days, be filled for the unexpired term of the officer whose office has become vacant, by appointment by a majority vote of the members of the city commission then in office of a person possessing the qualifications for the office.”

The City of Marquette Arts and Culture Advisory Committee’s December meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, December 8 at 5:30 p.m., has been rescheduled to Friday, December 9 at 4:00 p.m.

All meetings take place in the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center, located in the lower level of Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front Street.

For questions or more information, please call the Office of Arts & Culture at 906-228-0472 or email arts-culture@marquettemi.gov.