A COUPLE OF angels flew into the Marquette County YMCA Saturday night, sprinkled a little angel dust, and made the Y's once daunting and depressing debt go away. The angels? Retired businessman David Brule and his wife Thu who donated one million dollars--exactly what was needed to retire the Y's debt. Appropriately ... Read More
Mt. Shasta and Easy Ice
NO SURPRISE, THE famed Mt. Shasta Restaurant in Michigamme hasn't been a big moneymaker in its first year after being brought back from the dead. New owner Scott Holman has spent plenty in re-doing the dining room, the kitchen, the basement, and the outside dining area. But Holman, who's been highly successful in his ... Read More
Celebrating the Outdoors, Meeting Singles, and Biking and Skiing on the Mountain
IT STARTED AS just a crazy idea tossed about by cofounders Aaron Peterson, Bugsy Sailor and Bill Thompson about five years ago. Now it's a full scale four day event that's putting Marquette on the map. We're talking about the fourth annual Fresh Coast Film Festival, of course. It opens Thursday at the Marquette Commons ... Read More
Omigod! Nudity in Marquette!
MOST OF US may be adding layers of clothes as the biting cold of winter approaches, but inside the theaters of Marquette, well, the actors are taking their clothes off. Nudity on stage! Alert the censors! Call in the police! Well, maybe not. Maybe we're become a little more tolerant, more sophisticated, more ... Read More
Coming Soon Downtown: an Upscale Women’s Clothing Store
THAT STOREFRONT RECENTLY vacated by Silk Worm Threads (and previously Reblossom) on Washington Street downtown won't stay vacant much longer. Say hello to "Revival," the latest creation of Michele Dupras, the entrepreneurial designer who's given us Revisions, the handcrafted home goods store just a block down the street ... Read More