A 61 YEAR old, retired corrections officer from Ishpeming has gone viral on Facebook in the last ten days. His name's Wayne Oien. He plays the drums. Specifically what's gone viral is an informal drumming session he conducted at Al Qual about five years ago. How viral? Well, try 17 million views and ... Continue Reading
Toy Store Closing, Blackrocks Ramping Up, Homeless Kids Losing Out, Fishing Start-Up Shows Its Wares, and Marquette Rates as a “Safe” City
GREAT TURTLE TOYS is shutting down within a couple of months. That'll leave a vacancy at the entrance to the Children's Museum. The toy shop opened as a pop-up store downtown for the Christmas season in 2014. Then, amid high hopes, it moved into more permanent quarters on the first floor of the museum. However, ... Continue Reading
Clinic Buys Bonanza Property
IT'S NOT QUITE a done deal yet, but Superior Walk-In Center is set to buy the old Bonanza Steakhouse property on US-41. Plans call for the new clinic to open by July of this year. Permits still have to be granted and the new owners, of course, will have to undertake extensive renovations of the building. It'll take ... Continue Reading
Upfront, Bennett Media, Football Broadcast Woes, a New Anchor in Town, Jacobetti Complex Rumors, Dark Stores, and Kivela’s Future
IT'S NOW THREE years and counting. Upfront & Company still remains vacant and up for sale. Oh, there's been interest--potential local and regional buyers, even interest from overseas, most recently from South Africa, but nobody's been willing to pull the trigger on one of Marquette's most valuable downtown ... Continue Reading
Lakeshore Shopping Mall, Meijer Update, 906 Engineering, Angel Investors, Larry King, and Sydney’s
A SMALL, MOSTLY upscale, two story shopping mall just across Lakeshore Boulevard from Picnic Rocks. That's the plan being designed by a group of Chicago-based investors. It'll be located alongside and behind the newly opened Nestledown Bed and Breakfast. The project manager for the shopping center, Valdy Biernacki, is ... Continue Reading