GoFundMe freed up the money IT TOOK LONGER than anticipated but the money collected for restaurant, bar, and coffee shop servers has been distributed. All but a few of the 200 laid-off workers have received the cash in the last few days. The money was held up for a week by GoFundMe while it did some checking on the ... Continue Reading
The Impact of COVID-19: Old Folks Battling Technology
LOTTA TIME TO kill these days while practicing social distancing and mourning the closure of coffee shops, restaurants, bars, and retail stores. So we old folks sleep, eat, take a walk, rest, eat, take a walk, work on a 1000 piece puzzle, rest, take another walk, eat, watch the news...and then evening! Netflix! Woohoo! ... Continue Reading
Mass Mask Production, a Dearth of Dogs and Cats, No Panic about the Market, and a Real Estate Slowdown
The goal has been raised EIGHTEEN HUNDRED. That's how many folks have joined the group, Masks for Marquette on Facebook, in the just the last week. This is the group that's sewing protective masks for health care workers in Marquette County. The group was thrown together, literally overnight, by Terry Wessels, a ... Continue Reading
NMU Students Remain, the Airport’s Quiet, Questions About Hospital Personnel, a Plea to Stay Away
"They feel safer here." THERE ARE STILL 700 NMU students living in residence halls on the campus. They either can't or don't want to return home. "Some of them are telling us they don't have a place to go or they don't have transportation," says Derek Hall, NMU's chief marketing officer. "Some have said they don't ... Continue Reading
A New Home for the Homeless, the Hospital’s PPE Inventory, High Tech Mask Makers, and a County Operating During a Crisis
The city opens its doors ROOM AT THE INN, which provides housing for the homeless, has a new home during the coronavirus crisis. The nonprofit agency has moved its guests from the First Presbyterian Church to the Olson Arena at Lakeview Arena. City manager Mike Angeli worked out the arrangement with RATI executive ... Continue Reading