THE RECOVERY ROOM is history. The Wild Rover is distant history. And Kildare Irish American Pub is the future. Yep, Kildare is setting up shop where the Recovery Room just closed down, and there will be a distinctly Irish flair to the place once again. "Look at it," says Rick Overby, the new owner and general manager, ... Continue Reading
Snowpocalypse Continues
JUST WHAT WE needed. Another ten inches-plus headed our way late Saturday and early Sunday. That's according to the National Weather Service. "The exact path of the storm system is still not certain," says NWS meteorologist Jon Banitt, "but it looks like it's headed up through Green Bay into the western half of the ... Continue Reading
A Packed Weekend
THE WINTERTIME BLAHS in Marquette? Naah. If your interests run more artsy than outdoorsy, you've got a helluva weekend ahead of you. First, the Medieval Dinner Theatre at the Masonic Center downtown, brought to you by the Forest Roberts Theatre and NMU. Both Friday and Saturday nights. Dinner, drinking, dancing, ... Continue Reading
Marquette Mountain Prepares for Massive Crowd
Photo: Kristian Saile ANDREW FARRON, THE brand new general manager at Marquette Mountain, is facing his first major challenge this weekend. Young skiers from all over the Midwest--400 to 500 of them--are descending on the Mountain for the Bob Hosking Memorial races from Friday through Sunday. It'll be one of the ... Continue Reading
A Winter to Remember
BLIZZARDS. ICE STORMS. Frigid temperatures. Plow trucks frantically working from dawn 'til dusk. "We haven't had this much snow cover since the winter of '96-97," says WLUC meteorologist Karl Bohnak. He's referring to the nearly four feet of snow on the ground at the National Weather Service station in Negaunee. We've ... Continue Reading