MARQUETTE AND THE Upper Peninsula will be the stars of a new cable network TV show scheduled to air this fall. AmericanaVista, a two year old network with 825,000 subscribers, has announced it will air "Yooperz!," a weekly one hour sitcom featuring the antics of a lovable but dysfunctional family living in ... Continue Reading
“I’m Just Average. I’ve Got a Lot of Work to Do”
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Eric Banitt of Marquette may have amazed us local folks with his musical skills over the past several years, but according to him, he's now just a regular guy banging away on the piano down at the University of Michigan. Nothing exceptional, he says. He's modest, to say the least. He built a heckuva ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Fred Stonehouse
Brian Cabell probes the mind and the life of 70-year-old historian and writer Fred Stonehouse, who also happens to be Marquette's mayor. BC: You're not a native Michigander, right? FS: Right. I was brought up in New Jersey, we had a house down at the seashore. Seaside Park. My mother, father, two brothers and a ... Continue Reading
A Disease with No Name
YOU LOOK AT him and you see a handsome nine-year-old boy. A wave of brown hair swept across his forehead, a shy smile, a gentle voice. But there's more to Will Chittle of Negaunee than that. Much more. His mother Janice, who works out of her home, will tell you about him. "It was a normal birth but then he wasn't ... Continue Reading
From the Anchor Desk to the Pulpit
SHE STILL HAS that trademark smile, that ready laugh, that persistently upbeat attitude. But Vicky Prewitt--formerly Vicky Crystal on TV6--has traded in her anchor's chair for a place on the pulpit, and her wire copy for the Bible. She's now Pastor Vicky at Christ United Methodist Church in Crystal Falls and Grace ... Continue Reading
Discovering New Perspectives
TEDX RETURNS TO Marquette on Saturday. Specifically, the Forest Roberts Theater. And this year, unlike last year, everyone in the community is welcome. "Last year was frustrating," Allison Opheim, the event chairperson. "We were limited in seating and it was only for students. A lot of community members told us they ... Continue Reading
GM Takes Honest Look at Marquette Mountain
IT'S BEEN A busy first few weeks for Marquette Mountain's new general manager Andrew Farron. Big races, big crowds, and some changes after the abrupt departure of former GM Frank Malette. First, (and not necessarily in importance), Jim and Ray, the popular local singing duo, are back playing at the T-Bar (the name ... Continue Reading
Openings, Closings, Etc
WE'VE NOW GOT another dining and drinking option downtown. KILDARE IRISH AMERICAN Pub on Washington Street opened Thursday after receiving their liquor license. They're facing stiff competition from other established restaurants and bars on Washington Street, but they'll be doing it with new ownership and new ... Continue Reading
Beacon House Deal?
LET'S NOT GET too excited yet. But there's a deal on the table to buy the Beacon House on Third Street that, if things go well, could close by the end of the month. The reason for the caution? There's a contingency in the deal--not financing--that could yet derail it. We should know more within a couple of ... Continue Reading
Shingles Vaccine Still Scarce
IT'S SOMETHING ALL of us over fifty are supposed to get...and yet most of us can't. Not in Marquette County, or elsewhere in the U.S. The new shingles vaccine, Shingrix--a series of two shots--is remarkably effective in preventing the painful disease, but the pharmaceutical company producing the vaccine can't make it ... Continue Reading
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