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
Two Big Changes Downtown, and the Golf Club Defies the Odds
The Preserve has shut down, but only temporarily AN INTRIGUING TRANSFORMATION taking place at the corner of West Washington and Fifth Street. The Preserve. Three young, entrepreneurial partners opened it more than a year ago as a place to grab something to eat and drink. Sandwiches, beer, and such. Open during the ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Evan Bonsall
Brian Cabell sits down with 23 year old Evan Bonsall, Marquette's newly elected City Commissioner, to find out more about this young man's boyhood, his Harvard education, his longtime girlfriend, his hero in life, and his vision of Marquette's future. BC: You were born and raised here? EB: Yeah, I was born and raised ... Continue Reading
A Distillery in Downtown Marquette
THE TWO SIGNS out front--Book World and For Sale--are incorrect. Book World closed down two years ago, and the building was sold two months ago. The new owners, Anne White and Scott Anderson, are planning to convert the former theater and book store into a distillery. Yep, they'll be making gin, vodka, malt whiskey ... Continue Reading
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