Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs will hold her next community office hours on Wednesday, October 11 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Shiras Room, on the top level of Peter White Public Library (Front Street side). The meeting is intended to provide an informal opportunity to discuss issues within the community, and to give citizens the opportunity for direct dialogue with City staff about interests and concerns.

The Noquemanon Trail Network (NTN) will be hosting the Marquette Fall Enduro mountain biking event Saturday, October 7and Sunday, October 8 on trails crossing the Mount Marquette roadway.  The Mount Marquette roadway between M553 and Cliffs Power Road will be closed to vehicular traffic from Saturday at 9:00 a.m. through Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

The Marquette City Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) — the official sponsor of Fire Prevention WeekTM (FPW) for more than 100 years — to promote this year’s FPW campaign, “Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire preventionTM.” The campaign works to educate everyone about simple but important actions they can take when cooking to keep themselves and those around them safe.

According to NFPA, cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries in the United States. Unattended cooking is the leading cause of cooking fires and deaths. “Year after year, cooking remains the leading cause of home fires by far, accounting for half (49 percent) of all U.S. home fires,” said Lorraine Carli, vice president of outreach and advocacy at NFPA. “These numbers tell us that there is still much work to do when it comes to better educating the public about ways to stay safe when cooking.”The Marquette City Fire Department encourages all residents to embrace the 2023 Fire Prevention Week theme, “Cooking safety start with YOU,” said Brian Phillips, Battalion Chief. “A cooking fire can grow quickly. I have seen many homes damaged and people injured by fires that could easily have been prevented.”

Marquette City Fire Department offers these key safety tips to help reduce the risk of a cooking fire.
1. Watch what you heat. Always keep a close eye on what you are cooking. Set a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
2. Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove. Always keep a lid nearby when cooking. If a small grease fire starts, slide the lid over the pan and turn off the burner.
3. Have a “kid- and pet-free zone” of at least 3 feet (1 meter) around the stove or grill and anywhere else hot food or drink is prepared or carried.

The Marquette City Fire Department is hosting a series of events in support of this year’s FPW campaign, including Firetruck Static Display on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11 a.m. (with a rain date of Oct. 14) with a parade at 12:30 p.m.

To find out more about FPW programs and activities in Marquette, please contact the Marquette City Fire Department at (906) 225-8936. For more general information about Fire Prevention Week and cooking safety, visit www.fpw.org. For fire safety fun for kids, visit sparky.org.

A final pick up for pickets from the Kids Cove playground enclosure at Mattson Lower Harbor Park will be held:
Lakeview Arena Southwest Conference Room Thursday, October 5, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

After this event all remaining pickets will be discarded.

If you sponsored a picket for the original enclosure constructed in 1996, your sponsored picket may be available to you. No new pickets have been found. Most pickets have been picked up, however, over 200 remain. The effort to return pickets to original donors is made possible by City of Marquette Playgrounds for All Committee, Marquette Rotary Clubs and City of Marquette.

On Saturday, September 30, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Northern Michigan University will be hosting a run utilizing the multi-use path and crossing City streets.

The run starts at the trailhead on the NMU campus and heads north to the roundabout at Wright Street and Sugarloaf Avenue, north along the multi-use path to the tourist park entrance road (Powdermill Road), through Tourist Park to the Dead River Bridge, under the bridge to the North County and NTN Trails and returning to the start following the same route.

No roads will be closed; however, motorists are asked to take caution in this area and to be alert for runners crossing the street.

On Wednesday September 27^th, between 8:00am and 4:00pm residents on West Magnetic Street between Lee Street and Seventh Street will experience short, intermittent water service interruptions.

These brief shut offs are required for water service abandonments at the former hospital site.

Restrooms at Mattson Lower Harbor Park will be closed September 25 to October 3for construction power decommissioning. There will be no power to the park during this period. Power and restroom access will be restored on Wednesday, October 4. 

Public bathrooms at Cinder Pond Marina will be available for use during the closure.       

The southbound lane of Front Street between Main Street and Spring Street will be closed Friday, September 29, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Southbound traffic will be detoured around the closure via Main Street, Third Street, and Baraga Avenue. Northbound traffic on Front Street will remain unaffected.

The public is advised to take caution when traveling through this area and to be alert for construction and advisory signing.

The City of Marquette is excited to announce city arts and culture organizations who were awarded grants from the Michigan Arts & Culture Council. On Friday, September 22, the Council announced that a total of $209,712 was awarded to organizations in Marquette County. The City of Marquette received a grant for $17,360 in support of Art Week 2024, which will be regranted to support partner artists and organizations as well as assist with overhead expenses.

The grant recipients for Marquette are:

• City of Marquette - $17,360
• Hiawatha Music Co-op - $16,500
• Lake Superior Theater - $8,750
• Liberty Children’s Art Project - $11,000
• Marquette City Band - $9,856
• Marquette County Historical Society - $7,500
• Marquette Maritime Museum - $52,674
• Marquette Symphony Orchestra - $11,250
• Marquette-Alger RESA - $13,000
• NMU DeVos Art Museum - $9,467
• Superior Arts Youth Theater - $13,750
• Superior String Alliance - $11,605
• U.P. Children’s Museum - $16,500

Other Marquette County recipients include the US National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum with $10,500.

This year, $666,566 was awarded to organizations throughout the Upper Peninsula, and over $9.7 million statewide.

For more information contact the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center at 906-228-0472 or e-mail arts-culture@marquettemi.gov.

Lakeview Drive will be partially closed for a sewer lateral repair on Tuesday, September 26 beginning at 7:00 a.m. This project is expected to be completed by the end of the day.