Word on the Street

LOOKS LIKE WIND turbines will be on the ballot in L’Anse Township next spring. The township clerk Monday evening certified 410 signatures on a petition to put the controversial issue on the ballot. The anti-turbine citizens group, Friends of the Huron Mountains, says they needed only about 115 signatures to get certified. Friends’ president Burt [Read More]

Wind Turbines on the Ballot, Stonehouse Gets Honor, and Bohnak Looks Toward Winter

Public Service Garage Sold

The Crib is Opening, and the Mountain is Getting Ready

Casino Plans Change, Spectrum Layoffs, Room at the Inn Plans

Cyber Jobs Look Promising, Unemployment Rate Drops, Angel Investors Alter Strategy, Lake Superior Level Rising, Questions Raised About Bike Path, Vollwerth Gets Write-Up, An Artist Entrepreneur, and a Family with 11 Kids

Beacon House Sale Pending

Heart Attacks at the YMCA, Tourist Dollars Downtown, Babycakes Bright New Exterior, Fresh Coast Film Festival’s Growth, the Latest on the Boathouse, Drug Test Dilemma, and Stormy Kromers Find a New Audience

Short Term Rentals: Their Impact on Marquette

Queen City Burgers, a Kombucha Tap Room, the Crib and Velodrome, a Roofie Warning, the Women’s Center, and Possible Recycling Changes

Landmark Inn: The Crow’s Nest, the Marriott Connection, the Sales Rumors

One Marquette Place Shapes Up, Wind War Heats Up, Yooperlites Are Glowing, Halloween Spectacle Cancelled, NMU Soccer Rising, Greywalls Praised (Again), and Surfer Dan Takes a Starring Role

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Gas Station Returns, Holiday Inn Renovation Nearing Completion, Pot and Gerrymandering Await Our Decision, Indoor Market Planned, New Naturopath Comes to Town, the Symphony Excites, LaCombe Keeps Busy, and a Love Affair with the Secretary of State

Recovery Room, Marquette Bakery, Medical Device Firm, Harbor Vista, Rippling River Resort, 231 West, Funding for New Facades Downtown, and Reliving the 1975 Championship

Landmark Inn News, Marquette Mountain Biking, Pictured Rocks Cruises, a Warm Summer, a Hideous Algae Bloom, New Construction in Ishpeming, Beacon House Party, Lumi Album Release

Westwood Mall Talks, KBIC Gas Station Closure, Glass Recycling Dilemma, Adventure Aaron Departure, Big Bay Lighthouse Upgrades, a Financial Planner Turned Author, A Wow Performance, and a Family That Keeps Growing and Growing

The Latest on Coco’s, the Barricade Downtown, Room at the Inn Hopes, the Birth of Marquette Today, Skanska-Closner Building’s Future, Benri Sushi Plans, Sunny FM Changes, and Love for Munising and Marquette

Panera Rumors, Windmill Controversy, NMU Enrollment, Sol Azteca Staffing, Munising’s Celebrity, Magazine Awards, and an Actor’s Departure

Marquette’s Housing Market: The Myths, the Facts, and the Future

Falling Rock Cafe up For Sale, and Enthralling Theater Offered at the Ore Dock

“Duke” LifePoint Questions, Jazz Club Delays, Panera Rumors!!!, the Cruelty of a Stroke, Marquette’s Two Energy Dinosaurs, the View from Abroad, and Our Phenomenal Wildlife Photographer

Questions about Hospital Sale (or Merger), Plans for a New Patisserie–and a New Coffee Shop, Anger over a News Story, More Plaudits for the UP, Tourism Figures Are Up, an Unusual Write-In Campaign, and Trillium House’s First Guest