WE TAKE TODAY'S Fourth of July parade in Marquette for granted. Along with the three day International Food Fest. Same thing with Harborfest coming up later this summer. They just happen, right? They're city events. Well, no. The parade wouldn't happen without the yearlong efforts of volunteers from the Kiwanis Club, ... Continue Reading
A Woman Unlike Any Other
"WHAT THE F*** happened?!" Aoy exclaims into her cell phone. Steam rises from the huge pot of soup she's stirring on the stove. A mini-crisis has broken out at the Rice Paddy, her restaurant on Presque Isle Street. It's 10:30 am. Two-hundred eighty pounds of chicken wasn't delivered on time. "You better have my ... Continue Reading
Cave-In Reported at Pictured Rocks
AUTHORITIES CONFIRM THERE was a minor cave-in at the Pictured Rocks National Seashore last evening. The mishap was apparently caused by exploratory drilling being conducted by the Australian mining conglomerate, Weeraub-Yubleinde Ltd, headquartered in Melbourne. "Three of our employees were injured in the incident," ... Continue Reading
A Mother’s Nightmare, a Community’s Responsibility
WE DON'T LIKE to talk about teen suicide. It's uncomfortable. It's frightening. But this isn't about teen suicide. It's about pre-teen suicide. Almost incomprehensible. Actually, it's a suicide attempt, and currently, the 11 year old boy is lying in a bed at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor on life support. ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk with Steve Asplund
Brian sits down with Steve Asplund, TV6's longtime anchor and current news director. If you talk to the scores of reporters, anchors, photographers and producers who've worked at the station over the last few decades, they'll tell you that Steve is the hardest-working, most devoted newsman they've ever met. So who is he, ... Continue Reading