The cruises to start amid uncertainty "I THINK IF we get 50% (of last year's volume), we'd consider that a victory." That's John Madigan, the general manager of Pictured Rocks Cruises, talking about prospects for business this summer. The cruises start up next Monday, about a month later than usual because of the ... Continue Reading
Landmark Inn Ramping Up, Looks Toward Revival
Dining to be offered within a few weeks IT'S BEEN A long and eerily quiet spring for the Landmark Inn, one of the UP's most prestigious hotels. Occupancy has been languishing in the single digits during the pandemic scare, restaurants and the pub are closed down, most of the staff has been furloughed. But now ... Continue Reading
Sophie Erber to Leave TV6
IT'S BEEN ALMOST six years, longer than most of us expected her to stay in the Upper Peninsula, but now TV6 anchor Sophie Erber is leaving the UP for the greener (as in dollar bills) pastures of Sioux City, Iowa. "They made an offer I just couldn't refuse," she explains. "I wasn't looking for another job. They just found ... Continue Reading
Police and the Protestors, and Bikes Flying Out the Doors
"We get it," says the police chief PROTESTS BY UP to 200 people on the streets of Marquette and in front of the Police Department over the last few days. Denunciations of the police by some in the crowd, even some harassment of the police by a protestor or two. Marquette city Police Chief Blake Rieboldt isn't ... Continue Reading
Too Many Pot Stores? Not Enough? Also, the Latest on the Delayed Cancer Surgery
Increasing availability of recreational marijuana FOUR MONTHS AGO, we wondered aloud whether Marquette was about to become Pot City USA. Back then, assistant city manager Sean Hobbins estimated that, based on interest he had seen, maybe five shops might open in the city in the first year of recreational ... Continue Reading