As the new Kids Cove in Marquette’s Mattson Lower Harbor Park nears completion, the boo-birds are already out in force. As soon as it was announced the new play area was going to be “all-inclusive,” and will cost more than many think it should, you could have predicted the complaints. Without one kid yet to ... Continue Reading
Suicide is NOT Painless
YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR with the melody… it’s the theme song from M*A*S*H. But the words may have escaped you. The title of the song is Suicide is Painless. The song’s words however, like how we try to understand suicide, don’t provide many answers. “Suicide is painless. It brings on many changes. And I can ... Continue Reading
It’s 906 Day… Yoopers Unite!
September 6th. 9/06. 906. A day on the calendar to celebrate the people and places that make the 906 area code, according to TV6, Someplace Special. It was the sunrise photo guy, Bugsy Sailor, who came up with the idea of 906 Day, “on a whim,” back in 2012. Sailor, the self-proclaimed Official Unofficial ... Continue Reading
News on News • Dining & Donating
News BACK IN JANUARY WE learned that local television station ABC10 had been purchased by Morgan Murphy Media of Madison, Wisconsin. We hadn’t seen or heard much since then… until this week, when we learned Morgan Murphy has also purchased WJMN-TV from Nexstar Broadcasting. Without a lot of specific details ... Continue Reading
100 Years Ago Today
100 years ago today the Marquette Police Department suffered undeniably the worst day in its history. Two officers, Police Chief Martin Ford and Patrolman Thomas Thornton, were killed in the line of duty. They were involved in a shootout with a young man caught in a criminal act, and, along with the fugitive, ... Continue Reading