CHANGES ARE IN the works for Marquette's Chamber of Commerce and its co-working space, Ampersand. There's uncertainty, as well. The first change came a couple of weeks ago when executive director Nick Steffey stepped down from his role, leaving that post vacant. Chamber Board president Christian Verardi, while praising ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Jamie Weeder
Brian Cabell sits down with the 34-year-old cofounder and artistic director of the Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival and the Wolf's Head Theater Company. BC: Where were you born and raised? JW: Primarily downstate. Westland, Michigan, the Detroit metro area. I was raised there with my mom and my dad, my brother and ... Continue Reading
Faith in Humanity
YOU GOTTA SALUTE Anna Dravland. She is one persistent lady. She's ramping up for the second annual Spread Goodness Day March 15th. It was an idea she had been mulling over for a few years--encouraging people to do good things for each other--and she actually brought it to reality last year. This, in spite of the fact ... Continue Reading
Commission Votes to Opt Out on Marijuana
THERE WILL BE no recreational marijuana businesses in the city of Marquette in the near future. That's the bottom line after the City Commission Monday night voted 4-3 to opt-out on Michigan's recently passed marijuana legalization law. Couple quick points: This in no way affects the smoking or possessing of small ... Continue Reading
A New Pub on Washington Street
THE RECOVERY ROOM is history. The Wild Rover is distant history. And Kildare Irish American Pub is the future. Yep, Kildare is setting up shop where the Recovery Room just closed down, and there will be a distinctly Irish flair to the place once again. "Look at it," says Rick Overby, the new owner and general manager, ... Continue Reading
Snowpocalypse Continues
JUST WHAT WE needed. Another ten inches-plus headed our way late Saturday and early Sunday. That's according to the National Weather Service. "The exact path of the storm system is still not certain," says NWS meteorologist Jon Banitt, "but it looks like it's headed up through Green Bay into the western half of the ... Continue Reading
A Packed Weekend
THE WINTERTIME BLAHS in Marquette? Naah. If your interests run more artsy than outdoorsy, you've got a helluva weekend ahead of you. First, the Medieval Dinner Theatre at the Masonic Center downtown, brought to you by the Forest Roberts Theatre and NMU. Both Friday and Saturday nights. Dinner, drinking, dancing, ... Continue Reading
Marquette Mountain Prepares for Massive Crowd
Photo: Kristian Saile ANDREW FARRON, THE brand new general manager at Marquette Mountain, is facing his first major challenge this weekend. Young skiers from all over the Midwest--400 to 500 of them--are descending on the Mountain for the Bob Hosking Memorial races from Friday through Sunday. It'll be one of the ... Continue Reading
A Winter to Remember
BLIZZARDS. ICE STORMS. Frigid temperatures. Plow trucks frantically working from dawn 'til dusk. "We haven't had this much snow cover since the winter of '96-97," says WLUC meteorologist Karl Bohnak. He's referring to the nearly four feet of snow on the ground at the National Weather Service station in Negaunee. We've ... Continue Reading
Westwood Mall Buyer: a Few Red Flags
OKAY, WE'RE ALL excited. Finally someone has bought the dying Westwood Mall! Well, we might want to take a moment to tap the brakes. Just a bit. Kohan Retail Investment Group, which just bought the main part of the mall--not the Kohl's property--has been on a buying frenzy nationwide in recent years. The group, out of ... Continue Reading
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