It's sometimes hard to determine whether we're witnessing a profound national trend or just strictly a local phenomenon.I'm speaking of the push we're seeing here in the Upper Peninsula to "grow local" and to "buy local". Two events last weekend spotlighted the movement: the first, held at the Upper Peninsula Children's ... Continue Reading

Is there anybody out there who thinks Rick Snyder won't be Michigan's next governor? Anybody? Okay, understandably, Virg Bernero and his family are out there enthusiastically waving their hands in the air, but there's nobody else. The latest poll on the race says it all: Snyder 53%, Bernero 29%. Snyder doesn't even ... Continue Reading

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When you get a chance, take a look at a documentary that Jason Swanson and I just produced. It's aired on TV6 and Fox UP and it's now posted on the web. You can link to it here Spirit of HiawathaIt's called "The Spirit of Hiawatha" chronicling the last Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival in July. I first went to Hiawatha 6 ... Continue Reading

A tough decision for us this week at TV6.We learned of four lawsuits being filed by current and former employees at the Marquette/Alger Women's Center. The charges deal with misappropriation of finances, harassment at work, threats, and unjustified terminations.Most important perhaps, the plaintiffs claim that officials at ... Continue Reading

I wouldn't say I'm undergoing a political conversion, but I would say my views, which have always trended toward the liberal, are evolving about government spending.Clearly, as a nation, as a state, and as communities, we're spending more than we're taking in, and it doesn't look like that balance is going to shift anytime ... Continue Reading