"OUR CREW HAS been absolutely amazing. No days off, they're all working overtime. Last week was crazy but we're hoping we'll be able to recover in the next week." The words of Mike Lavigne, the store manager at Super One in Marquette Township. And he says, yes, they will be looking to hire some new employees in the weeks ... Continue Reading
Help for Our Servers
LAST WEEK THE news was all about the spread of the coronavirus and the plunging of the stock market. Next week and in the weeks ahead, those crises will have to share the headlines with the inevitable and daunting economic challenges facing millions of regular Americans. Folks who've been making daily and weekly ... Continue Reading
Closures, Restrictions Mount
"I'VE NEVER SEEN anything like it, " says Zach Quinnell, the store manager for Econo Foods in Marquette. "I wouldn't call it panic but we've been very busy." He's right. You walk in the store the last few days and there's three or four customers in every line even in mid-afternoon, but the store is not being overrun by ... Continue Reading
The “New Normal” Brings Fear, Inconvenience, and Hope
"WE HAVE TO create a whole new system. One of my colleagues said it's like driving down the highway at 70 miles per hour and trying to fix the engine at the same time." That's Dr. Kevin Piggott, the medical director for the Marquette County Health Department, describing the task they're facing in preparing for an ... Continue Reading
Facing a Crisis, Searching for Answers
WORD ON THE STREET is looking for story ideas and suggestions as to how we, the greater Marquette community, can get through this crisis which presents us with serious health and economic implications. Practical ideas, large and small. Is there something we as a community can be doing (without, of course, gathering as a ... Continue Reading