BILL VAJDA SERVED as city manager of Marquette from 2010 to 2015. He subsequently went on to become the chief information officer in Alaska, and is now chief information officer for the US Department of the Interior. The following is his story as published in Rural Insights: My COVID-19 Near-Death ... Continue Reading
Norlite Faces Challenges, Summer Festivals Facing Uncertainty, and Sawyer Plays Host to Visitors
COVID-19 patients in isolated wing DIFFICULT TIMES FOR the residents and staff at Norlite Nursing Center. Three residents, including two over the weekend, have now died from COVID-19. Six other residents who've also tested positive for COVID-19 remain isolated in a separate wing of Norlite. In addition, four staff ... Continue Reading
Restaurant Workers Are Served, the Jails Are Empty, the Controversial COVID-19 Treatment Awaits Study Results
More than $17,000 raised THAT GOFUNDME site for restaurant workers has finally closed down. Final tally? More than $17,000 raised from more than 230 donors, benefitting at least 250 local restaurant, bar, and coffee shop workers who were laid off by the governor's shutdown of non-essential businesses. Sixty dollars ... Continue Reading
It’s Not a Cure for COVID-19, But….
"IT'S NOT A CURE--I'm not saying that--but it's most effective treatment we have out there now. There's not even a close runner-up, and it's certainly better than doing nothing." That's Spencer Stang, the CEO of Marquette's Stang Decision Systems, commenting on hydroxochloroquine (HC), the controversial anti-malarial ... Continue Reading
The Bandanna Dilemma, Lakenen Love, Supermarket Adjustments, and Radio Deals with Reality and Remotes
To wear or not to wear SO NOW WE'RE hearing that it might be a good idea for all of us to wear masks--even makeshift, homemade ones--in public. Another way to flatten the curve. Dr. Kevin Piggott, the medical director of the Marquette County Health Department, gives the recommendation a qualified endorsement. "As ... Continue Reading