COFFEETOWN USA. THAT'S what Marquette is becoming. Yet another coffee shop is scheduled to open in town later this summer. This one, on West Washington Street across from the Marquette Food Co-op, is Velodrome Coffee Company, the creation of Brice Sturmer and his wife Teagan. He's from Green Bay, she's from Channing ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk with Brian Sinotte
Brian Cabell sits down down with Brian Sinotte (rhymes with "why not"), the CEO of UP Health System Marquette. Sinotte took the job less than a year ago after a stint as CEO at another Duke LifePoint facility in North Carolina. He arrived at time when UPHS was starting construction on its expensive new hospital here, but ... Continue Reading
A New Coffee Shop, Grandview Applications, Tourism Boom, Munising Construction, ABC 10 Changes, Climate Petition, Beach Scrub Trees, and Sgt. Pepper Comes to Marquette
THERE'S GOTTA BE a lot of profit in coffee, or maybe it's just that we love coffee shops. Either way, there's a new one coming to Third Street in Marquette late this summer or early in fall. Contrast Coffee, a craft coffee roaster that already has two shops in Iron River and Ironwood, will be moving into the spot ... Continue Reading
WLUC’s Investment, ABC 10’s Loss, Duke LifePoint’s Layoffs, Marquette’s Hot Real Estate Market, Old City Hall Restoration, Coast Guard Park Update, and Everything Under the Sun
THE RICH ARE getting richer. WLUC, which already dominates TV news ratings in the U.P., is about to dismantle its old news set and toss out its old graphics, and build a new, state-of-the art set, and install brand new, cutting edge graphics. To the tune of $500-750 thousand dollars. That's an enormous amount of money ... Continue Reading
Chamber’s Plans for Downtown, the “Yellow Wall” Revisited, NMU Golf Rumors, Hot Summer Prospects, Vintage Shop Moves, and a Pinball Arcade Takes You Back to Your Youth
IT'S NOT A done deal yet but something exciting may be happening on Washington Street in the heart of downtown Marquette. The Marquette Chamber of Commerce and its executive director Jason Schneider are behind the idea. They're making plans to relocate the Chamber to Masonic Square. But that's not the truly big news. ... Continue Reading