Brian Cabell talks to a fascinating personality, Dan Perkins. He owns a roofing business but, more important, he founded the Partridge Creek Farm, an educational farming organization that's taking revolutionary steps to grow crops in Ishpeming, teach young people how to farm, and create jobs for a community that sorely ... Continue Reading
Cambensy to Challenge Kivela
Marquette City Commissioner Sara Cambensy filed today to run for 109th District State House Representative. She's running against John Kivela, a two-term representative and former mayor of Marquette. Cambensy and Kivela are both running as Democrats. The winner will be decided in the August 2 Primary election, and ... Continue Reading
Perkins to Close
Perkins restaurant on US 41 is closing down next Sunday. Employees got the word at an emergency meeting called by the owners, Frank and Linda Stabile, over the weekend. They were informed the restaurant was shutting down for economic reasons. They were told that some of the nearly 50 employees at Perkins might be ... Continue Reading
YMCA Investigation, Ishpeming Mushrooms, Iron Ore Woes, TV News Changes, Presque Isle Erosion, and a Midnight Visit to the ER
AN INVESTIGATOR FROM YMCA USA has been at the local facility this week checking on the financial and operational health of the Y. More national visitors next week. This comes in the wake of the dismissal (or forced resignation) of longtime CEO Lisa Coombs-Gerou two weeks ago amid charges of financial mismanagement. ... Continue Reading
Former Maritime Museum Director Arraigned
A SAD STORY at the Marquette Maritime Museum. The museum's director, Carrie Sue Fries, has been arraigned in District Court on two counts of embezzlement and three counts of forgery. She had been terminated from her job back in December after serving as director for more than 14 years. Total loss, according to a ... Continue Reading