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
One Marquette Place Shapes Up, Wind War Heats Up, Yooperlites Are Glowing, Halloween Spectacle Cancelled, NMU Soccer Rising, Greywalls Praised (Again), and Surfer Dan Takes a Starring Role
CLEARLY NOT EVERYBODY'S thrilled with Marquette's changing skyline on the lakeshore--and One Marquette Place is tall--but you gotta admit it's not a bad-looking building. Kinda handsome, in fact. Not all flat and boxy and unimaginative. While the exterior continues to take shape, architect and co-developer Barry ... Continue Reading
Gas Station Returns, Holiday Inn Renovation Nearing Completion, Pot and Gerrymandering Await Our Decision, Indoor Market Planned, New Naturopath Comes to Town, the Symphony Excites, LaCombe Keeps Busy, and a Love Affair with the Secretary of State
TALK ABOUT A quick reversal. The KBIC-owned gas station and convenience store on US 41 in Marquette Township suddenly reopened last Friday, a month after it had surprisingly closed down. No official word yet on exactly what happened but a couple of employees said, to their understanding, someone in the ... Continue Reading
Recovery Room, Marquette Bakery, Medical Device Firm, Harbor Vista, Rippling River Resort, 231 West, Funding for New Facades Downtown, and Reliving the 1975 Championship
IT'S BEEN ON the market for a few years but it looks like the Recovery Room (previously The Rover) is finally going to change hands. Not a done deal yet, according to realtor David Stefan (representing the buyer), because a few contingencies remain, but it seems almost certain to go through, he says. An out-of-state ... Continue Reading
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