UP HEALTH SYSTEM-Marquette is trying to extinguish a brushfire that has some employees and patients hot under the collar. Turns out many of them--patients and employees--have been getting robo-calls from someone seemingly trying to sell them health insurance. Here's the story behind the story, according to UP Health ... Continue Reading
VP Neiheisel Out at NMU
NMU ISN'T PLAYING it up--in fact, his name isn't even mentioned in the press release--but one of the casualties in the university's just-released realignment program is Steve Neiheisel, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services. You might remember Neiheisel for the part he played in the Cheryl Reed-North ... Continue Reading
SportsPlex Moving, Wall Feud Continues, Beachhouse Downsizing, Beacon House Wondering; Also Hospital Questions, Marquette Lobbyist, and the War Club
THE U.P. SPORTSPLEX, THE family fun center on Wright Street, is closing down for most activities as of Sunday evening. The building and the property are being sold to the city. That's the bad news. Good news? It's going to reopen, in smaller quarters at the current Peak Gymnastics facility just a block away on Wright ... Continue Reading
West Washington Transformation, TriMedia, UP Health Plan, Staybridge Suites, NeuroTrainer, Culinary School, and Granot Loma
THE FOLKS AT TriMedia (an environmental and engineering firm) are starting to pack up their boxes as they get ready for their move across West Washington Street to their attractive, renovated new offices. The official move-in could be by the end of the month. The extensive renovation of the building, which used to ... Continue Reading
Winery Closure, Scorching December, NMU Collaboration, Mysterious Tower, and a Smiling Olympian
ST. CHARLES WINERY on West Washington Street is closing down at the end of the week. It had a three year run. The closure is further evidence that it's tough to follow your dream and start your own business. The reason for closing? Too much debt, and a realization that Marquette is a beer town. This, according to the ... Continue Reading