ONE OF THE Upper Peninsula's most seasoned journalists is about to take a break. WJMN's news director and anchor Cynthia Thompson won't call it "retirement," at least not yet, but she'll be leaving her job in the next two months to take some time off. "I'm excited to hit the neutral button," she explains. "I want to ... Continue Reading
The Race of a Lifetime
IMAGINE SNAPPING ON your cross country skis and then skiing for 220 kilometers straight, taking only brief rests along the way. That's 137 miles. That's almost from here to the Bridge on skis. That's exactly what Tom Mahaney, a local businessman, and Greg Nelson, a local chiropractor, recently accomplished in the Red ... Continue Reading
Real Estate Boom and CBD Sales
ASPIRING FIRST TIME home buyers might not cheer the news, but Marquette homeowners and realtors likely will: the real estate market here is very healthy. Healthy, as in the median sales price for single family homes and condos rose to a record $200,000 last year. That's an increase of $22,000 or 12% over 2017. Median ... Continue Reading
Burgers, Hotel, Bank, Coffee, and More
SOMETHING NEW ON Marquette's culinary scene. Queen City Burgers on US 41 (across from Frei Chevrolet) opens next Monday, pending a final inspection this week by the county mechanical inspector. Local businessmen Dave Guizzetti and Eric Curtis have put a lot of work and money into it. "It's not fast food," Guizzetti ... Continue Reading
Marquette TV Show Planned for this Fall
MARQUETTE AND THE Upper Peninsula will be the stars of a new cable network TV show scheduled to air this fall. AmericanaVista, a two year old network with 825,000 subscribers, has announced it will air "Yooperz!," a weekly one hour sitcom featuring the antics of a lovable but dysfunctional family living in ... Continue Reading