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Meijer Closes on Marquette Store

By Brian Cabell on March 3, 2017 at 8:54 am

MARQUETTE COUNTY SHOPPERS, fire up your shopping carts. Meijer has announced that it's closed on its purchase of property in Marquette Township and will be building a super center there. The store will be located behind Lowe's, just off of US 41. Meijer will begin construction this year and open its doors next year, ... Continue Reading

StraightTalk with Steve Asplund

By Brian Cabell on March 1, 2017 at 5:45 am

Brian sits down with Steve Asplund, TV6's longtime anchor and current news director. If you talk to the scores of reporters, anchors, photographers and producers who've worked at the station over the last few decades, they'll tell you that Steve is the hardest-working, most devoted newsman they've ever met. So who is he, ... Continue Reading

Outlanders Is Moving and Growing

By Brian Cabell on February 24, 2017 at 5:45 am

WEST WASHINGTON STREET, get ready to welcome some new neighbors. Outlanders (www.outlanderstogo.com) has bought the building recently vacated by the Panda Garden. Yep, the little takeout restaurant currently tucked into a little space on the highway in south Marquette will be making the move into much bigger ... Continue Reading

Marquette: Safeguarding a Town’s Identity

By Brian Cabell on February 22, 2017 at 5:45 am

MARQUETTE ISN'T WHAT it was twenty years ago, even ten years ago. Big changes, big growth. Consider this: A $300 million hospital is under construction on the highway. Apartments and condos are rising on and near the lakeshore. Expansion is underway at NMU, with more planned. New restaurants and hotels are popping up, ... Continue Reading

Yooper Shirts Moves Up to Third Street, and TriMedia Classes Up Washington Street

By Brian Cabell on February 17, 2017 at 5:45 am

ANOTHER YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR is stepping up his game. Jeremy Symons, the owner of Yooper Shirts, has just bought the building formerly occupied by Casualties on Third Street in Marquette. He's currently remodeling the store and hopes to be open for business by May 1st. Yooper Shirts will remain in its Gossard Building ... Continue Reading

St. Paddy’s Street Party, Delft Bistro Liquor License, Brewing Co-op Plans, Gander Mountain Troubles, Adamini Aftermath, SmartPrize Cash Boost

By Brian Cabell on February 15, 2017 at 5:45 am

THE DOUBLE TROUBLE guys--the ones who saved the Ball Drop celebration on New Years Eve--have come up with something new: a big time, blow-out St. Patricks Day street party this year. Mark it on your calendar. Friday, March 17th. All afternoon, evening, and night. Yep, they'll be shutting down a good part of Washington ... Continue Reading

Cognition to Reopen

By Brian Cabell on February 10, 2017 at 12:03 pm

Cognition Brewing Company is reopening, likely as early as tomorrow (Saturday). No details yet but owner Jay Clancey has simply written "We are Back!! Snow moving starts immediately." Cognition has been closed since late last week after the brewery's landlord, the Mather Inn, plowed a huge wall of snow in front of ... Continue Reading

Republican official Dan Adamini resigns following Kent State comments

By Brian Cabell on February 8, 2017 at 3:25 pm

DAN ADAMINI HAS resigned as secretary of the Marquette County Republican Party, he told The Mining Journal on Wednesday. Adamini ran into a storm of criticism last week that reached a national scale after he suggested in a couple of social media posts that campus protests might be stopped by gunfire. “I have always ... Continue Reading

Country Village Prospects Brighten, Cognition Dispute Unresolved, Mountain Bikers Concerned, the Compound Prospers and Grows, New Hope for Seniors, and Shakespeare Dances the Hula While Drinking a Beer

By Brian Cabell on February 8, 2017 at 5:45 am

FINALLY A TURNAROUND at Ishpeming's troubled Country Village development? Active Physical Therapy-Ishpeming has just bought their building in Country Village from Northern Michigan Bank. They'd previously been renting their space. Good news because it shows they have faith in the future of Country Village where a ... Continue Reading

The Great Snow Wall Mystery

By Brian Cabell on February 3, 2017 at 10:52 am

STRANGE HAPPENINGS IN Ishpeming. A tractor pushes a wall of snow in front of Cognition, Ishpeming's popular microbrewery, blocking the doorway. It closes down, and management announces via FaAcebook that it will remain closed for the time being even though it wants to serve its customers. Well, now. No answers as ... Continue Reading