Brian Cabell interviews poet and painter Kathleen Heideman, who’s also the president of Save the Wild UP, and the daughter-in-law of Fred and June Rydholm. Kathleen explains how a Wisconsin farm girl ended up in Antarctica for two months and now finds herself enchanted by the Yellow Dog Plains. BC: What were you like as ... Continue Reading
BATTLE AT NMU
UPDATE 2:45 PM: NMU President Fritz Erickson has requested that the FOIA fees be waived and that the requested materials be provided to The North Wind as soon as possible. You can read the full statement from NMU here: http://www.nmu.edu/communicationsandmarketing/node/90. An intriguing conflict, fraught with ... Continue Reading
Musical Chairs, Harbor Cruises, Food Trucks, Oil Refineries, and a Meth Epidemic
LISTEN CAREFULLY. YOU hear the music? They're playing musical chairs downtown. Reblossom, which specializes in upscale but gently used women's clothing, is leaving its current address on January 24th and moving a few blocks east to 104 West Washington (the former Moonstone Gallery location). This will be the third move ... Continue Reading
Dunham’s Shutdown, Delft Bistro, CR 595, TV News Ratings, & Root 41
FOUR DAYS. That's how much notice Dunham's Sports employees were given on Tuesday morning. They were told the store would be closing down on Saturday. It was a lease problem, one of the employees said. Big sales the rest of the week? Maybe a few, but you won't find "Everything Must Go!!" signs. Dunham's plans to move its ... Continue Reading
Meijer Inquiries, Marijuana Defiance, Hospital Future, Cliffs Magic Trick, and an Idle Longboat
If you're one of those shoppers desperately hoping for news that Costco is expanding into Marquette, sorry, this ain't it. No Costco sightings yet. However, two property owners on US 41 in Marquette Township report that they were recently approached by a representative of Meijer, the superstore from downstate, to see if ... Continue Reading