"SHE MADE A huge difference in her 21 years, more than most of us make in our lifetimes." The words of Carole Touchinski. She's speaking about her daughter Nikki who died last month in her dorm room at Michigan State University. The cause of death remains a mystery. It wasn't suicide, drugs, or a crime of any sort, ... Continue Reading
Ridge Street Spat May Go to Court, Everybody Can Go to the Graduation
A LONGSTANDING DISPUTE between two prominent families on Ridge Street may end up in a courtroom. Pete and Peggy Frazier were served with papers at their winter home in Florida on Monday. A lawsuit filed against them. On Peggy's birthday, of all days. The plaintiffs? Their next door neighbors, Michael and Martha ... Continue Reading
Plans for a Bar in South Marquette
DON DURLEY KNOWS a little bit about the restaurant and bar business. He's been in it for more than 40 years. For the last 12 years he's been running the popular and highly acclaimed Lagniappe restaurant downtown. Now he's got another project in the works. He's calling a "neighborhood cocktail bar." It'll be located on ... Continue Reading
Silicon Valley Firm Relocating to Upper Peninsula
THE STORY'S BEEN brewing for months, and it's now been confirmed. The upstart $7.6 billion software firm BrainZap is leaving its home in El Chiste, a small community outside San Jose, California, and relocating to a 20 acre plot of land just purchased in Chocolay Township. Dee Loozien, the executive director of ... Continue Reading
Investor Interest in the Old Hospital, Uncertain Future of the Presque Isle Power Plant, Re-Opening of Johnny Dogs, Revival of Anna Dravland, Progress of BotEco, Forecast for Summer, and Hopes for a Touring Theater Troupe
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S some interest in buying the old hospital property about to be vacated by UPHS Marquette. "We just received our first two RFP's (Requests for proposal) from two separate interested investors last week," reports Victor Harrington, the regional marketing director for UPHS. That's good news. UPHS is ... Continue Reading