Mt. Shasta Reopened As reported here in early August, Mt. Shasta, the historic restaurant in Michigamme, closed down due to the lack of available employees. But, just in time for your color tour up the road, Mt. Shasta has reopened. Elizabeth and Tom Wahlstrom, of Elizabeth’s Chop House fame, have been helping owner ... Continue Reading
Thunder Bay Inn Changes, A New Gym in Town, Pandemic Updates, and a Celebrity Sighting?
New Ownership at the Thunder Bay Inn Been to Big Bay lately? It probably looks the same as it did the last time you were there, and maybe that’s part of the appeal. But there are changes behind the scenes… like new ownership at the Thunder Bay Inn. After running it for 12 years, Gretchen and Wayne Peacock have sold to ... Continue Reading
Vista Challenges, Finally Open in the Township, Parking Problem – Solved! and Just a thought…
Vista Challenges Although they’ve thrown in the roof, they haven’t thrown in the towel. After some brief soul-searching, the powers that be in the Vista Theater community have come together with a plan to save and revive this historic venue. There were already plans afoot to make some major structural improvements to ... Continue Reading
Friday Night Lights – OUT!… Changes Downtown… Virtual Events… and a new man at Word
Friday Night Lights - OUT! After fits and starts, the Michigan High School football season is about to... start. Most area teams will be in action with the exception of the Westwood Patriots who have to put off the start of their season while some players recover from injuries. Also, Marquette will not play Gladstone for ... Continue Reading
Liberation, Explanation, and a Farewell
SO HERE'S THE thing... When you're well past your seventieth birthday and you've got one novel in dire need of revision and another half-novel in dire need of completion, you start wondering about how you want to spend your time. On top of that, you start thinking about those two and three week getaways to Florida or ... Continue Reading
Uncle Ducky’s Big Summer, a Union’s Challenge in Dealing with COVID, and a Tiny Gem of a Gallery in Our Midst
DIFFICULT TIMES FOR restaurants and hotels this summer. Not so, apparently, for Uncle Ducky's burgeoning empire in Alger County. "No question, we had the best summer we've ever had," owner Bill Duckwall tells us. And how can that be? "People wanted to be outdoors this summer, they wanted space, they wanted fresh air. ... Continue Reading
NMU Nursing Professor Tests Positive
THERE'S NEWS OUT of NMU that a nursing professor tested positive for COVID last Thursday (eight days ago). This, the day after she had taken a group of nursing students to UPHS for orientation. In an earlier test, she had come up negative for COVID. She apparently led these students on multiple floors of the hospital, ... Continue Reading
Marquette Mountain’s Search, Marquette’s Tourism Trend, and an Actor’s Pivot
Top candidate turns down the job STILL LOOKING FOR a leader. That's the status of Marquette Mountain as owner Eric Jorgensen and his team continue their search for a new general manager at the Mountain. This, following the surprise dismissal last month of previous GM Andrew Farron who Jorgensen decided was not the right ... Continue Reading
Best Buy Closing
THIS IS THE kind of news we can all do without. The Best Buy store in Marquette Township is closing down. Last day of business is expected to be October 31st. Corporate headquarters and local management so far are not commenting on the closure, although an official press release is expected within the next day. We ... Continue Reading
More Glimmers of Good News on the COVID Front
Words of cautious optimism THE TOURISTS ARE here! NMU students are returning! We're all doomed! That's the fear that gripped many of us midway through the summer in Marquette County. It was a legitimate concern since it meant that many "outsiders," most of whom lived in areas with higher COVID infection rates, were ... Continue Reading
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