City of Marquette residents are invited and encouraged to participate in the community-wide “Trash to Treasure Weekend” beginning Friday, September 13 through Sunday, September 15.
The purpose of the program is to provide a venue for the recycling of reusable household items such as furniture, lamps, electronics and other working household items. The program is designed to increase awareness in recycling by creating an alternative means of reusing items that would otherwise end up in the landfill.
GUIDELINES
Residents can place reusable/serviceable items in front of their house on the curb no earlier than 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 13. Unclaimed items must be removed from the curb no later than 5:00 p.m.
unday, September 15.
Removal of items will be strictly enforced in accordance with City Code Section 22.33.
This Public Service Announcement will serve as notice that items left at the curb will be picked up by the Public Works Department and invoiced to the property owner on a time, material, and disposal fee basis.
College students are encouraged to participate in the treasure hunt in that they may find items which will be useful to them in their dormitory or apartment.
Examples of items that can be recycled include lamps, tables, chairs, dishes, etc. Please, no rubbish.
Rubbish is defined to mean anything that does not work, is not clean and is not serviceable.

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Marquette Senior Center physical mailing of the September Horizons Newsletter will be arriving late at homes this month. The October newsletter will arrive on time as the situation has been rectified. Please visit our website at Senior Center - City of Marquette (marquettemi.gov) for an electronic version of the newsletter. You may also stop by the Marquette Senior Center at 300 W. Spring St. Marquette, MI to pick up a physical copy.

Community Office Hours at the Peter White Public Library with Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs have been canceled for Wednesday, September 11.

The seasonal portion of Peter White Drive in Presque Isle Park will be closed to vehicular traffic on Thursday, September 5th from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm for a Marquette Area Public Schools cross country meet.

The Marquette City Planning Commission meeting originally scheduled for September 3, 2024, has been cancelled due to lack of business.  The next scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission is September 17, 2024.

The offices of the Marquette Board of Light and Power will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024 in observance of Labor Day.

Pine Street will be closed to through traffic for a sewer main repair between Park Street and Crescent Street on Thursday, August 29 beginning at 7:00 a.m. and will be completed by the end of the day.

The Compost drop-off site located at 1415 Pioneer Rd., will be closed Saturday, August 31 and the Household Rubbish site will be closed Monday, September 2 in observance of Labor Day.  The Compost site will reopen Tuesday, September 3, 3-7:00 p.m. and the Household Rubbish site will reopen Wednesday, September 4, 3-7:00 p.m. (or when capacity is met).

The seasonal portion of Peter White Drive in Presque Isle Park will be closed to vehicular traffic on Friday, August 30 from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for a Marquette Area Public Schools Cross Country meet.
The public is advised congestion at the park will significantly increase during this event with seventeen school districts participating. Please use care when visiting Presque Isle Park.

The annual Marquette Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5k will be held on August 31, and a kid’s fun run will be held on August 30.

The Kids Fun Run will start at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and take place on the multi-use path on Pine Street.  

On Saturday at 9:00 a.m. the 5k will start at the Superior Dome and runners will follow the multi-use path north from Pine Street to Clark Lambros Park, and back. 

The marathon and half marathon begin west of the city limits and enter the city on the Iron Ore Heritage Trail. Runners are expected to arrive within the city limits at approximately 8:30 a.m. and follow the Heritage trail to McClellan Avenue, then continue along the multi-use path to Lakeshore Boulevard. Upon arrival at Lakeshore Boulevard, the marathon runners and half marathon runners will divide as follows:

• Marathon participants will turn south on the path to a turn-around point at South Beach Park, then continue north on the path around Presque Isle before returning south towards Pine Street to finish at the Superior Dome.
• Half marathon participants will turn south on the path for a short distance then turn around and run to Pine Street to finish at the Superior Dome.

The races cross numerous streets including Wilson, McClellan, Fifth, Fourth, Third, Front, Lakeshore, Baraga, Hampton, Island Beach, and Hawley.

McClellan Avenue between Washington Street and Baraga Avenue will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A signed detour route will be provided via Washington, Seventh, and Baraga.

Pine Street between Fair and Lakeshore Boulevard will be closed on Saturday from 5:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Presque Isle Park will be closed to motor vehicles on Saturday from 7:00 AM to 2:30 PM. 

All other roads will be open with road crossing volunteers and Marquette Police officers stopping cars to allow runners to cross from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Motorists are advised to use caution and to obey all road crossing attendants.