Perkins restaurant on US 41 is closing down next Sunday. Employees got the word at an emergency meeting called by the owners, Frank and Linda Stabile, over the weekend. They were informed the restaurant was shutting down for economic reasons. They were told that some of the nearly 50 employees at Perkins might be ... Continue Reading
YMCA Investigation, Ishpeming Mushrooms, Iron Ore Woes, TV News Changes, Presque Isle Erosion, and a Midnight Visit to the ER
AN INVESTIGATOR FROM YMCA USA has been at the local facility this week checking on the financial and operational health of the Y. More national visitors next week. This comes in the wake of the dismissal (or forced resignation) of longtime CEO Lisa Coombs-Gerou two weeks ago amid charges of financial mismanagement. ... Continue Reading
Former Maritime Museum Director Arraigned
A SAD STORY at the Marquette Maritime Museum. The museum's director, Carrie Sue Fries, has been arraigned in District Court on two counts of embezzlement and three counts of forgery. She had been terminated from her job back in December after serving as director for more than 14 years. Total loss, according to a ... Continue Reading
Fraco Sold, Easy Ice Soars, TV Anchor Arrives, Another TV Anchor Pleads, Ore Dock Has Big Plans (Really!)
ONE OF THE Marquette area's best known family businesses is changing hands after more than 60 years. Fraco, known for its masonry, concrete and retaining wall work, is being sold by the Frazier family to the Crimmins family. The deal should be completed by May 1. However. Don't expect any big changes at Fraco ... Continue Reading
Ore Dock Sold To Hotel Chain
MARQUETTE'S ICONIC ORE dock at the Lower Harbor has been sold to to an international luxury hotel chain. The price? $37 million. Yuwara Sukkar LLC, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, finalized the deal on Thursday. Sukkar operates luxury hotels in 14 countries around the world, including Bohemia, ... Continue Reading