AUTUMN IS HER name. She's 23 years old, a gal from Nebraska. She arrived in Alger County a couple of years ago with her father. She hadn't been able to get along with her mother and stepfather back home so she thought she'd give the U.P. a try with her dad. Start a new life for herself. Didn't work out. She and her ... Continue Reading
Hospital Stalemate, Hope for the Homeless, City Ordinance Controversy, Roundabout Costs, Wendy’s Modernizes, Burger King Builds, Salt Water Near Lake Superior, and the Continuing Coffee Craze
SO THE NURSES are back at work after a three day "lockout" that was technically not a lockout. It's just, we're told, that UP Health System-Marquette didn't need the nurses those three days since they were already staffed with replacements. Semantics. The nurses wanted to return to their jobs. They weren't allowed to ... Continue Reading
The View from the Sidewalk
SARAH BANNAN'S ONE of those nurses in red shirts walking outside the hospital yesterday and again today. Holding a sign. Waving at honking cars. Putting in her unpaid, eight hour shift on the sidewalk even though she'd much rather be inside the hospital taking care of her patients in the cardiac unit. She needs the ... Continue Reading
The Latest on the Nurses’ Strike, Tysen Benz Update, Graffiti and Garbage in the Woods, Father Marquette’s Facelift, Coffee Shop Delay, Wine Bar Lunches, and Film Festival Expectations Rising
NO BREAKTHROUGH ANNOUNCED yet in the labor dispute at UP Health System-Marquette. At last word, most of the 400 nurses in the union are still expected to walk off their jobs and join a picket line at 7 am Thursday. One final negotiating session between hospital management and the union is scheduled for today. The main ... Continue Reading
Surprise Negotiations in Hospital-Nurses Dispute
TWO LENGTHY, UNSCHEDULED negotiation sessions over the weekend between the nurses union and UP Health System-Marquette may have opened up lines of communication, but they may be "too little too late," to avoid a strike, according to a union spokesman. The two sessions each lasted about seven hours, according to union ... Continue Reading
Bike Bible Coming to Town, Federal Mediator Joins Hospital Talks, ABC 10 Losing its News Director, and Korean BBQ Sauce Takes Off
MORE NATIONAL EXPOSURE for Marquette. And it's especially huge for the mountain biking community. Bike Magazine, with more than one and a half million readers (print and online), arrives here October 9th for a 16 day stay while they test the latest bikes and biking equipment on the trails of Marquette County. It's ... Continue Reading
Gordon Gearhart: A Man and his Metal
GORDON GERHART IS a throwback, from way back. From, say, the 19th century, or the 18th century. Or earlier. He's a fulltime blacksmith, plying his trade in the heart of Marquette five days a week, sometimes seven days a week. "I'm happiest when I'm making something," he tells you between mighty swings with his ... Continue Reading
Patrolling the Mean Streets of Marquette
9:02 pm Marquette Police Department headquarters It's time for the shift lineup. Five officers gather in a small conference room and schedule who's covering Zone One (north of Ridge Street) tonight, and who's covering Zone Two (south of Ridge), and who's covering both. Four officers, the minimum, are patrolling tonight, a ... Continue Reading
Holiday Inn Transformation, SkyWest Cancellation, Johnny Dogs Relocation, Superior Hockey Relocation, and a Possible Soccer Collaboration
A FACELIFT? A makeover? No, those terms don't adequately describe what's just begun at the Holiday Inn in Marquette. How about "total body transformation"? (See rendering of the new hotel above, the current one below) "Every surface inside and out will be redone," says architect Barry Polzin. "We'll be taking it ... Continue Reading
Tap Room Opens, Tourism Soars, Mining Truck Collides, Temperatures Plummet, Casino Expansion Starts, and “Do It for Daniel” Going Statewide
A COMPLAINT WE'RE always hearing: "There just aren't enough doggone places in downtown Marquette where you can buy a beer!" (Pause for laughter) Well, we've got a new entrant in the beer-stakes. The Iron Bay Tap Room opened in a very soft launch this weekend. It's right next to the Iron Bay Restaurant and ... Continue Reading
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