LOOKS LIKE WIND turbines will be on the ballot in L'Anse Township next spring. The township clerk Monday evening certified 410 signatures on a petition to put the controversial issue on the ballot. The anti-turbine citizens group, Friends of the Huron Mountains, says they needed only about 115 signatures to get ... Continue Reading
Public Service Garage Sold
THE RUMORS ARE true Public Service Garage, the Marquette dealership for GMC, Buick, and Cadillac, is being sold to a Minnesota group. The dealership, now owned by John Veiht, had been in the same family for almost 90 years. It started back in 1929, in the depths of the Depression, as a business that repaired farm ... Continue Reading
The Crib is Opening, and the Mountain is Getting Ready
SO YOU'RE THINKING we need another coffee shop in town. Good news. The Crib, brought to you by the producers of Crappie Coffee, opens Thursday at the corner of Third Street and Arch. For the last several months, they've been restoring and renovating a building more than a century old, and the results are impressive. A ... Continue Reading
Casino Plans Change, Spectrum Layoffs, Room at the Inn Plans
CHANGES IN THE expansion plans at the Ojibwa Casino in Harvey. Construction is moving ahead to build an all-new casino and and concert venue, but plans for a 76 room hotel and a convention space have been pushed back for at least a year, maybe more. The rebuilt casino, in fact, will now be larger than at first ... Continue Reading
Cyber Jobs Look Promising, Unemployment Rate Drops, Angel Investors Alter Strategy, Lake Superior Level Rising, Questions Raised About Bike Path, Vollwerth Gets Write-Up, An Artist Entrepreneur, and a Family with 11 Kids
THIS STORY ISN'T drawing big headlines but it has the potential to provide a major boost to the economy in the Upper Peninsula. NMU has just been designated a cyber security hub, meaning it's going to be a center for training high school and college grads for jobs in the high-paying cyber security industry. Good jobs. ... Continue Reading
Beacon House Sale Pending
NOT A DONE deal yet. But there's a pending offer to buy the old Beacon House on Third Street. Beacon House CEO Mary Tavernini-Dowling says the buyer is doing his due diligence which should be completed by the end of November. The sale itself, if it goes through, will likely happen before the end of the year. It's ... Continue Reading
Heart Attacks at the YMCA, Tourist Dollars Downtown, Babycakes Bright New Exterior, Fresh Coast Film Festival’s Growth, the Latest on the Boathouse, Drug Test Dilemma, and Stormy Kromers Find a New Audience
"I'VE BEEN HERE for 18 years and I've never seen anything like this." The words of YMCA CEO Jenna Zdunek, after a second Y member suffered a heart attack at the facility in the last two months. The good news? Both of the stricken members survived, thanks to quick thinking and action by staff and fellow members. The ... Continue Reading
Short Term Rentals: Their Impact on Marquette
AIRBNB...VRBO...SHORT term rentals. We know the terms. They refer to an economic and lifestyle phenomenon that's swept the nation in the last several years. Airbnb, alone, claims to have five million rental listings in 180,000 cities around the globe. Marquette, especially in the last few years, has joined the party. ... Continue Reading
Queen City Burgers, a Kombucha Tap Room, the Crib and Velodrome, a Roofie Warning, the Women’s Center, and Possible Recycling Changes
SO YOU'RE WONDERING about that newly painted white building with pink trim on the highway in the Township? The former tattoo parlor? Well, it's going to become a "burger joint," compliments of local businessmen Dave Guizzetti and Eric Curtis. "It won't be fast food like McDonalds or Burger King," Guizzetti assures us, ... Continue Reading
Landmark Inn: The Crow’s Nest, the Marriott Connection, the Sales Rumors
BIG CHANGES AHEAD for the Landmark Inn. First of all, the Crow's Nest, the famed restaurant/bar formerly located on the top floor of the hotel, will be revived. Makes sense. Anyone who's tried to find an empty table in the tiny Northstar Lounge on the top floor on a busy night, and was turned away, understands. It's ... Continue Reading
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