DELTA SKY'S LOVE letter to Marquette County has been published. It's 33 pages long and five million Delta passengers will be reading it for the entire month of December. No, it's not the lead story of the magazine; in fact, it's not even mentioned in small print on the cover (which features a handsome, chiseled face) ... Continue Reading
Hiring an Iron Bay Chef, Pouring Liquor Down the Drain, Tearing Down a Paywall, the Latest from the Upfront and Walmart
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS AT the soon-to-be Iron Bay Restaurant and Drinkery (formerly L'Attitude). The most interesting? NMU executive chef and director of catering Nathan Mileski will be the new consulting chef at the Iron Bay. He'll keep his job at NMU while training the staff and developing the menu at the Iron ... Continue Reading
Hate in Marquette, Pessimism on Dark Stores, Waiting on Marquette Mountain, and Snow (a bit) in the Forecast
HERE'S HOPING THE following is just one sad, isolated incident in our hometown. Khadijah Wilson has lived in Marquette for four years. She's black. She's worked as a nurse, she's served on the Boards of the Marquette West Rotary and the Women's Center, and she's currently on the Toastmasters' Board. She's the wife of ... Continue Reading
Decline or Growth? NMU Searches for an Identity
TEN YEARS AGO, enrollment at Northern Michigan University was close to 10,000 students. Today, it's at 7750. And dropping. "We'll continue to decline for the next five to seven years," NMU president Fritz Erickson concedes. "We should stabilize our enrollment somewhere around 7000 students, maybe as low as 6500, just ... Continue Reading
NMU Expansion, Negaunee Demolition, Mather Inn Revival, Country Grill Closure, and Buying Local
STRANGE, WE'RE NOT hearing much talk about NMU's plans to remodel and expand the University Center. It's a $17 million dollar expansion, complete with a 900 seat banquet facility. That's a big deal. It could open up a whole new market for the university in a town that's crying out for more banquet space. The Board of ... Continue Reading