Economic development vs environmental preservation AT FIRST, THE announcement was greeted with excitement: Marquette County had been selected as the site for a proposed vertical launch spaceport. New jobs, mostly high tech, would be coming to the area--250 at the site itself, an estimated 2000 total because of the ... Continue Reading
Marquette Mountain GM Terminated
HERE'S SOMETHING NONE of us expected. Andrew Farron, the young, ambitious, personable engineer who took over as general manager at Marquette Mountain a year and a half ago, is out. "We gave him a fair shot," says Marquette Mountain owner Eric Jorgensen. "He's a smart, driven young man. He's a great engineer, but he ... Continue Reading
Why the UP Is Becoming High Risk, and Where to Get a Taste of Hawaii
The numbers have been climbing IT DOESN'T SEEM to make sense. The Upper Peninsula, we like to think, is a relatively COVID-free area, far away from the congested cities to the south. The positive rate (percent of tested people who come back positive) in Marquette County, for example, has been very low, only about 1.5%. ... Continue Reading
Norlite’s Road Back from the Outbreak, and Munising’s Efforts to Cope with the COVID Scare
A new positive case A RECENT BUMP in the road for the Norlite Nursing Center which has traveled a long, troubled journey this year. A staff member recently tested positive for COVID after visiting downstate. She's on quarantine, according to administrator Wayne Johnson, and so far, fortunately, no other employees or ... Continue Reading
Food Coming to The Courtyards, “The Best of” in Marquette and the UP, and a Predictable “Positive” at NMU
T boys and tapas are on the menu SOON. VERY SOON. That's what chef Don Durley tells you about the much anticipated opening of food service at his south Marquette bar, The Courtyards. At first, he suggests it might be within two to three weeks, then he backs off, then he says he might even stage a quick, little pop-up ... Continue Reading