WITH "CAKEGATE" CLEARLY in its rear view mirror, the Landmark Inn is now looking toward the future. Specifically, to the opening of The Piedmont, the new northern Italian restaurant that's replacing the old Capers at the hotel. It'll feed friends and family this weekend, iron out the kinks, and then open to the public ... Continue Reading
UPPCO’s New Headquarters, Peak’s New Gym, Dark Store Intrigue, and Lundin’s Violations
A BIG COUP for Marquette. UPPCO, which was sold last year by the Chicago-based Integrys Energy Group, will be locating its new headquarters in Marquette. Specifically, at an office complex on Harbor Hills Road, just up the road from Econo Foods. We don't have many headquarters here so this is a pretty big deal--30-35 ... Continue Reading
Joe and the Frightening Power of Facebook
IT'S FASCINATING WHAT played out in Marquette on Thursday and Friday. The Joe's Caketroversy? The Facebook-Landmark Showdown? The Firing That Wasn't a Firing? A recap: On Thursday afternoon, Joe Heck, the near legendary and much-beloved cakemaker at the Landmark Inn, gets in a loud argument with managers at the hotel ... Continue Reading
Joe Returns to the Landmark
Eighteen hours after being "fired" by management at the Landmark Inn, Joe Heck (the Cake Man) is back at work. Landmark management concedes there was a major argument and misunderstanding at yesterday's meeting with Joe but today, after consultation, cooler heads have prevailed. The change occurred after a frenzied ... Continue Reading
Lundin Discovers New Deposit
THE SPECULATION ABOUT new mining deposits being discovered in northern Marquette County has been confirmed. Lundin Mining Corporation, which operates the Eagle Mine outside of Big Bay, says that exploratory drilling two kilometers east of the current Eagle deposit has "intersected a new zone of high-grade and ... Continue Reading