The Home Builders Association of the U.P., in conjunction with the HBA of Michigan and the National Association of Home Builders, recently released information related to the cost of building a house in today’s inflated market. The bad news is there’s not much good news in the story. In addition to the current ... Continue Reading
Good Ice / Bad Ice • Winter Weather and Winter Games • Shop Local… Online?
The Cold Facts There’s good ice, and there’s bad ice. The bad ice, of course, is that on the highway. And though we call them “accidents,” like they just happen, regardless of what we do... most of them can be prevented. I don’t know what else we can say, but… SLOW DOWN! Would you rather be late, or the ... Continue Reading
Road Rage
WE'VE BEEN DOWN this road before… specifically M-553, south of Marquette. It’s the highway that takes you from town to the crossroads of CR-480 and M-553, and the speed limit, starting just south of the Pioneer Road intersection, is a way too fast 55 mph. A two mile stretch of that road is home to… the new ... Continue Reading
Quitting and Not Quitting
AS IF WE NEEDED another “day,” we now have Quitter’s Day. I’d never heard of it until this year, but apparently, it’s a thing. It goes back to 2019 when Strava, a social network for athletes, did a study that showed by mid-January approximately 80% of people with New Year’s resolutions have given up. So ... Continue Reading
Banished Words on the Street
Gee whiz… it’s hard enough to come up with some interesting prose every week without being told there are now certain words and phrases that need to be eliminated from the conversation. But such is the case with the 2025 release of the annual Lake Superior State University Banished Words List. In case you’re ... Continue Reading