Local youth group raises funds for YMCA: The Youth Advisory Committee, or YAC, raised about $1,400 for the Marquette County YMCA Endowment Fund. They'll also be matching the first $1,000 they raised with their own funds and contributing about $1,200 in total. <--full article

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