Property for sale AS WE SUSPECTED, the Quiznos in Harvey has closed. The property's up for sale. RE/MAX realtor Gina Feltner Bouws informs us she's listing it for $274,900. A number of people have asked us in the last few days, "There was a Quizno's in Harvey?" Maybe that was the problem. It's visible from US 41 but ... Continue Reading
A Grass Roots Crusade to Make the Hospital Better
"WE HAVE TO help LifePoint help themselves. They need help!" The impassioned words of Cindy Nyquist, the president and founder of UP Home Health and Hospice. She's become the point person for a local campaign to fix what's wrong with LifePoint's local hospital, UP Health System Marquette. And what's wrong with UPHS? ... Continue Reading
Quiznos, Iron Bay, Easy Ice, and the Redmen
Sandwich shop closing? UNCERTAINTY AT THE Quiznos location in Harvey. The Closed sign has been up for several days, leading potential customers to wonder whether it's closed permanently. Particularly telling is the wording on one of the Closed signs: "Thank you for your business." Seems like a goodbye, but we're not ... Continue Reading
Tech Jobs in Marquette: Not So Unusual Anymore
CAN MARQUETTE EVER become a mini-Silicon Valley? A regional center for tech-based businesses? Skeptics may question that possibility, noting that the SmartZone here, designed to attract young, innovative tech businesses, is now nearly five years old, and yet still only a handful of tech businesses call Marquette ... Continue Reading
Northern Michigan University: Pushing the Envelope…and Succeeding
NOBODY'S GOING TO argue with us if we tell you that Northern Michigan University is nowhere near an Ivy League college, nor is it one of the nation's eminent public educational institutions. Yes, you can get a great education there with some wonderful professors, it's located in a beautiful Upper Peninsula setting, its ... Continue Reading