TWO WEEKS, MAYBE less. That's when we'll have a deal for the new Marquette General Hospital. That's when all the courting and numbers-crunching and speculating will finally end.Two apparent candidates remain in the running for the nearly $300 million project--the Marquette Township site just behind the Westwood Mall, and ... Continue Reading
STRAIGHTtalk: Nheena Weyer Ittner
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
Hospital Deadline, Golf Course Rejection, and Another Frigid Winter
WELL, HERE IT is, the end of August, the supposed deadline for a decision on the relocation of Marquette General Hospital, so it should happen this week, right?Don't count on it, if the city's Roundhouse location is one of the two final candidates, which we hear it is.The thing is, the City Commission's subcommittee ... Continue Reading
Golf Course Is Out, Coast Guard Is Out to Lunch, and Huron Earth Deli Will Serve Lunch No Longer
LOOKS LIKE WE can cross one of Duke LifePoint's options off the list.The Marquette Golf Club Board Wednesday morning voted to cut off all negotiations with DLP regarding a possible location for the new Marquette General Hospital.Duke LifePoint, at last word, had been considering half of the Heritage course as one of its ... Continue Reading
B and B News, Upfront Interest, Hospital Guessing, and Eccletico Encores
IT'S NOT A sure thing yet, but it's getting there.The long awaited Nestledown Bed and Breakfast on Lakeshore Boulevard, across from Picnic Rocks, may be just a few weeks away from groundbreaking.Ken and Sue Schauland bought the property two and a half years ago and tore down the existing building with the expectation ... Continue Reading