THE 400 RN'S at UP Health System-Marquette have overwhelmingly voted to authorize their union to call for a strike. They voted Tuesday during daylong balloting and informational sessions. A Yes vote does not mean they will go on strike, nor that they even want a strike. What it does mean, though, is that they have ... Continue Reading
Hospital Construction Rumors, Homeless Summit, Tysen Update, Downtown Signage Controversy, and a Photography Star
RUMORS FLYING AROUND the construction site of the new hospital. And responses quickly coming back from the hospital. First, some workers claim that there's been some settling and sagging of the floors of the building. "Deflection" is apparently the construction term. Remember, this is reclaimed land that's been ... Continue Reading
Money Missing and Limbaugh Missing
IT'S A CASE that, strangely, hasn't attracted much public attention. Mostly murmurings, whispering. An embezzlement case. More than $280,000 missing, according to the victim, Dr. Heidi Johnson, the owner of Superior Eye Health and Vision Therapy in Marquette Township. The defendant in the case is a former employee, ... Continue Reading
Sign Dispute Downtown, Lakeshore Building Demolition, Grandview Vacancies, Duke LifePoint’s Profitability, Dr. Tim’s Expansion, and a Hyperlocal Weather Forecast
A CONTROVERSY BREWING over signs in downtown Marquette. The planning and zoning department has been telling some building owners that their tenants--the merchants--have too many signs. Too much square footage on the outside of the buildings and too much in the windows. (An artistic design in a window is considered a ... Continue Reading
Booming Farmers Market, Border Patrol Raid, Super One Facelift, Solar Power Popularity, Garden Bouquet’s Metaphysical Move, and Students Contribute to the City
RECORD NUMBERS AT Marquette's Farmers Market. Fifteen hundred shoppers have been stopping by on recent Saturdays as long as it wasn't raining. That's huge, more than the 1100, on average, who attended last year, and far, far more than when the market first moved to the Commons in 2007. The vendors are clamoring to get ... Continue Reading