How to enforce an executive order? SOME PHOTOS FROM Marquette's beaches this weekend were not reassuring. Hundreds of mostly young people crammed together enjoying the sun, the sand, and the lake, and totally ignoring any guidelines about social distancing. Could anything have been done about it? A few police officers ... Continue Reading
A Welcoming Mural, Somber COVID Numbers, Sawyer Is Picking Up, and the Distillery Progress Is Slowing
An artist with a message IT'S HARD TO miss if you're entering downtown Marquette from the south on Front Street. A bold, beautiful, new mural with the words, "Evolve & Stay Involved" with clasping black and white hands. Huge, on the side of the LoyalTee's building owned by Brandon Sayen. Local artist Chelsea ... Continue Reading
To Mask or Not to Mask
MICHIGAN EXECUTIVE ORDER 2010-110 seems explicit: "Any person who leaves his or her home or place of residence must: Wear a face covering over his or her nose and mouth...when in any enclosed public space, unless the individual is unable medically to tolerate a face covering." And yet virtually all of us have been in ... Continue Reading
Racism Lawsuit Negotiations, Marquette Woman Stuck in China, the 225 Mile Crusher Bike Race, and the Mining Journal to Be Delivered by Mail
The post has been taken down RESOLUTION AHEAD IN the Facebook defamation case? Could be. Attorney George Hyde, who represents three businesses and two owners who claim they were defamed in a Facebook posting by a local man, Raymond Little, says Little's attorney, Brian Bloch, has been negotiating the last few days in ... Continue Reading
Charges of Racism Lead to a Boycott and a Lawsuit
BLACK LIVES MATTER, social media, and business ownership--a potentially toxic mix. And now we have a lawsuit filed on behalf of three local businesses and their owners, claiming they've been defamed by a local man whose posts on Facebook have called for boycotts of those businesses. "This is keyboard social ... Continue Reading
NMU Questions, a Changing Tourism Strategy, Rippling River’s Hopes, and the YMCA’s Return to Almost Normal
Fewer students and fewer faculty likely UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS AT NMU as the Board of Trustees prepares to meet next week and the university looks toward the upcoming fall semester. First, of course, the semester will start earlier than usual--August 17th--and conclude earlier--the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, with the ... Continue Reading
Unemployment Scam, Gardening Surge, Gym Closure, and Summer Forecast
State dealing with bogus claims DIFFICULT TIMES FOR the unemployed and for the unemployment offices in Michigan. Bridge Magazine reports that, according to the Michigan State Police, scam artists from around the world could have filed as many as 100,000 fraudulent claims for unemployment in Michigan. No word on how much ... Continue Reading
Recharging the Energy at Campfire Coworks, and Dismantling the Energy Dinosaurs in Marquette
Restrictions are being eased TECH ENTREPRENEUR KEITH Glendon concedes his timing was unfortunate, the future looks uncertain, and he will probably lose money in the short run, but he's still convinced that Campfire Coworks, which he assumed control of early this year, still has a future in Marquette. A big future. "I'm ... Continue Reading
Masonic Center Sale Underway
"IT'S NOT A pipe dream. It's happening. The building is being sold." That's Ryan Engle, the business manager of the Masonic Center downtown, speaking publicly about a potentially huge story that's flown under the radar for the last few months. Here are the facts: The Masonic Center, a three story, 65,000 square ... Continue Reading
A Symbolic BLM Move at NMU, a Permanent Shelter for Room at the Inn, Mike Ludlum’s Absence, and Wiese and Numinen Make the UP Proud
BLACK LIVES MATTER and social media are flexing their muscles in a small but symbolic way at Northern Michigan University. A plaque on campus honoring a onetime benefactor of NMU is going to be removed because of the man's ties to the apartheid regime of South Africa four decades ago. That announcement made by the ... Continue Reading
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