Marquette, MI – McCracken of Dead River Coffee takes time off from roasting coffee beans to reflect on coffee, family, life and death. Brian: When you were a boy, what did you want to be when you grew up? Theo: I wanted a job where I worked with my hands. Maybe a mechanic or an electrician. I was never really clear on ... Continue Reading

Marquette, MI – Nheena Weyer Ittner grew up downstate but has lived in the UP for the last few decades. She’s the ambitious and gregarious founder and director of the Upper Peninsula Childrens Museum. She always seems to be in a good mood. Is that a façade? No. It’s real. BC: What’s your most vivid memory from your ... Continue Reading

Marquette, MI – June, 2014 – This month on STRAIGHTtalk Brian Cabell pulls up a bar stool in the Pub at the Landmark Inn to speak with one of the most popular bartenders in town Livio Stabile, an immigrant from Italy, who’s found romance, a home, and the American dream here in Marquette… BC: How did you happen to leave ... Continue Reading

Marquette, MI – May, 2014 – This month on STRAIGHTtalk: Conversations With People You Should Know, Brian Cabell sits down with Sue Kensington, community activist, former City Commissioner in Marquette, and all around interesting woman about town… BC:  When you were a little girl downstate back in the Fifties, what did ... Continue Reading

Marquette, MI – April, 2014 – This month on StraightTalk, Brian Cabell sits down with State Representative John Kivela at Babycakes in Marquette.   BC: A few years ago you were selling cars and repairing cars, and now you’re in the state legislature. How’d that happen? JK: It really started with someone asking ... Continue Reading