ONE OF OUR favorites is returning to TV 6 later this month. Shawn Householder, the morning meteorologist who left for Georgia, then West Virginia a few years ago, is coming back. Great news for Shawn, who adores the U.P., and great news for TV 6 and viewers in the U.P. "He was very popular with the viewers," says ... Continue Reading
Controversial Condo Meeting Postponed
THE MUCH ANTICIPATED hearing on a controversial condo development on North Lakeshore Boulevard has been postponed. The postponement was requested by the developers. The Marquette Planning Commission had been planning to take up the initial proposal to build two five story condo buildings on Lakeshore Boulevard. The ... Continue Reading
A New Restaurant Comes to Munising, Vicky’s Successor Named, LaCombe Takes on New Role, Travel Marquette’s New Director Making Plans, Marquette’s Leading a National Poll, Podcaster Looking for Stories, and the British Are Coming!!
TACOS IN MUNISING. Yep, they're coming to town by the end of May at the site of the old taco restaurant that shut down a couple of years ago after just a few days. And the new owners, Tom and Amie Nolan, are keeping the same name, Taco Primo, but with a different logo. A full Mexican menu, Amie says. Enchiladas, ... Continue Reading
Major Condo Development Proposed for North Lakeshore Boulevard
FIRST THINGS FIRST. This is a proposal, a plan. Not a sure thing, by any means. It goes before the Marquette Planning Commission May 1st. But it's fair to say that this proposed condo development, on the site of a former foundry that was recently torn down, is no small potatoes. It would be two buildings, just off ... Continue Reading
Faith, Risk, and Revival in Munising: $7 Million Worth
TRANSFORMATION. IT'S HAPPENING before our very eyes in Munising. In large part it's due to a local businessman and developer, Tom Dolaskie, and his Dallas-based partner, Darrin Hubbard. By the time they complete their projects later this year, they (and their banking partners) will have invested $7 million into ... Continue Reading
A Sadly Short Life, But One That Was Well-Lived
"SHE MADE A huge difference in her 21 years, more than most of us make in our lifetimes." The words of Carole Touchinski. She's speaking about her daughter Nikki who died last month in her dorm room at Michigan State University. The cause of death remains a mystery. It wasn't suicide, drugs, or a crime of any sort, ... Continue Reading
Ridge Street Spat May Go to Court, Everybody Can Go to the Graduation
A LONGSTANDING DISPUTE between two prominent families on Ridge Street may end up in a courtroom. Pete and Peggy Frazier were served with papers at their winter home in Florida on Monday. A lawsuit filed against them. On Peggy's birthday, of all days. The plaintiffs? Their next door neighbors, Michael and Martha ... Continue Reading
Plans for a Bar in South Marquette
DON DURLEY KNOWS a little bit about the restaurant and bar business. He's been in it for more than 40 years. For the last 12 years he's been running the popular and highly acclaimed Lagniappe restaurant downtown. Now he's got another project in the works. He's calling a "neighborhood cocktail bar." It'll be located on ... Continue Reading
Silicon Valley Firm Relocating to Upper Peninsula
THE STORY'S BEEN brewing for months, and it's now been confirmed. The upstart $7.6 billion software firm BrainZap is leaving its home in El Chiste, a small community outside San Jose, California, and relocating to a 20 acre plot of land just purchased in Chocolay Township. Dee Loozien, the executive director of ... Continue Reading
Investor Interest in the Old Hospital, Uncertain Future of the Presque Isle Power Plant, Re-Opening of Johnny Dogs, Revival of Anna Dravland, Progress of BotEco, Forecast for Summer, and Hopes for a Touring Theater Troupe
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S some interest in buying the old hospital property about to be vacated by UPHS Marquette. "We just received our first two RFP's (Requests for proposal) from two separate interested investors last week," reports Victor Harrington, the regional marketing director for UPHS. That's good news. UPHS is ... Continue Reading
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