IT'S A SAD sign of the times. Valle's Supermarket, the neighborhood grocery store on Third Street, is closing down next month. Owner Mike Valle doesn't have a firm date in mind yet but he's selling off the inventory and expects to be out of business before the first of the year. "The last three years have been tough," ... Continue Reading
Vandalism at Marquette Mountain
A TOUGH WINTER so far for Marquette Mountain, which was supposed to open for skiers and snowboarders last Friday. Yeah, the weather has been mostly cold and snowy, but then the unexpected happened. General Manager Frank Malette says two separate incidents of vandalism have delayed the ski hill's opening. The vandals, ... Continue Reading
A Season of Thanks, a School of Thanks
THE STUDENTS AT Marquette Alternative High School broke bread together Tuesday, celebrating Thanksgiving a little early. More than a hundred of them enjoying food prepared by fellow students and their parents. Normal high-schoolers--in hoodies, hats and heavy jackets, some with radically colored hair, some with ... Continue Reading
Schneider’s Job in Jeopardy
JASON SCHNEIDER, THE former executive director of the Marquette Chamber of Commerce who left town last spring for a state job in Alaska, may soon be looking for work again. Politics is the apparent culprit. Alaska's recently elected governor, Mike Dunleavy, who takes office on December 3rd, indicated during the campaign ... Continue Reading
Musical Chairs on Third Street
BIG CHANGES ON Third Street. Fassbender Funeral Home and Swanson-Lundquist Funeral Home, both owned and operated by Jeremy Hansen, are merging into one building--at 926 North third Street, the current home of Swanson-Lundquist. Makes sense. Why have two competing businesses three blocks apart? "My intention all ... Continue Reading
What Happened to All the Deer Hunters?
THE START OF deer season. Used to be a really big deal here in Michigan. Still is, but not what it was. The Detroit Free Press recently took a look at the numbers and here's what they came up with: 1998...Michigan had 785,000 firearm deer hunters 2017...Michigan had 621,000 firearm deer hunters 2035 ... Continue Reading
Wind Turbines on the Ballot, Stonehouse Gets Honor, and Bohnak Looks Toward Winter
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
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