"A fun and cozy place where people can relax" IT'S BEEN TWO years since Fat Boyz in Trowbridge Park closed down, but the bar/restaurant will soon be reborn as Roses' Dugout. Marty and Sandy Rose, longtime locals, are the owners. She'll be running the place, he'll be helping out. He's the brand manager at Fox ... Continue Reading
What’s Up with All the Commercial Land Available? And How’s Drifa Doing?
City planner says developers are showing interest LOOK AROUND. A lot of commercial property available. Big properties. Namely: Shopko, Office Max, Marquette Mall, Valle's, Gander Outdoors, Frei Chevy (purchased but undeveloped), the old hospital site (potentially commercial). And that doesn't include the aging and ... Continue Reading
Merry (yawn) Christmas at Westwood Mall, a Downtown Mystery, a Hopeful Synagogue, and More Cheers for the UP Winter
Where are all the shoppers? TWO O'CLCOCK TUESDAY afternoon. Eight days before Christmas. The chronically struggling Westwood Mall in Marquette Township has nearly 200 cars in its snowy parking lot. Well, that's encouraging. Maybe the mall's making a comeback. You walk inside, shake the snow off your boots, and ... Continue Reading
Reports of a Sale in the Works for Marquette Mountain, and a Cozy, Tasty Getaway in the U.P.
Nothing is signed yet WE'VE HEARD THE rumors before--Marquette Mountain is going to be sold. Didn't happen. We've been hearing them increasingly for the last few months, and now come reliable reports that yes, there is an interested buyer with local ties, and negotiations are underway. Solid information. But the ... Continue Reading
A Theater Dilemma in Marquette, and a Loss for the Farmer’s Market
An abundance of groups and plays leads to problems A COLLABORATION AMONG all the theater groups in Marquette? Maybe. A meeting's been set up for January 14th to see if something can be worked out. The problem is this: We have a ridiculous wealth of theater in this town--seven theater groups. Namely, NMU, Lake ... Continue Reading
A Permanent Homeless Shelter in Marquette?
HOMELESS ADVOCATES HAVE been talking about it for the last few years--the need for a permanent shelter for the homeless in Marquette. The questions have remained, though: Where to locate it? And how to pay for it? Nick Emmendorfer, the executive director of Room at the Inn, says he and his board may have come up with ... Continue Reading
Valle’s, The Crib, the Winter Forecast, and the Third Best Ski Resort in the Nation
The future of the Valle's property uncertain IT'S BEEN A year now since Valle's supermarket on Third Street closed down and the For Sale sign went up. Still no takers for this building on a prime piece of property on Third Street. "We've had a lot showings," says realtor Steve Pelto, "some of them with multiple ... Continue Reading
How the New Restaurants Are Doing, and Why We Love the U.P.
TIME FOR US to check in with the new restaurants in town and see how they're doing, whether they've run into any surprises, and what might lie ahead for them.... Lake Superior Smokehouse A BARBECUE BRUNCH? Yep, that's what this Harvey barbecue restaurant and brewery is planning to start up on Sundays in another month or ... Continue Reading
Lake Superior vs Marquette: So Far, the Lake Has the Upper Hand
TWO MAJOR STORMS within a week, and they arrived just about a month after another storm earlier this fall. The heavy snowfall hasn't been the problem even though it's grabbed the headlines. The far more important story was the damage inflicted on Marquette's shoreline by Lake Superior. Major erosion from Presque Isle all ... Continue Reading
TV6:Re-stocking the “Bench” in the Newsroom
IN SMALL TOWN TV newsrooms, you'll generally find two types of broadcast journalists: the "Climbers" and the "Stayers." The Climbers, fresh out of college, come to town for a year or two, learn their trade, endure the low wages and the often heavy work load, and then move on to larger markets with better ... Continue Reading
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