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Contrast Considering Ishpeming, a Major Development for Downtown, Homeless Advocates Scouting Other Towns, Westwood Mall in Transition, Blackrocks Booming, Cold Spell Coming to the Mountain, and Ashley Fure Wows the Critics

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

A CONTRAST COFFEE coming to Ishpeming? It's a possibility. The owners of the growing UP coffee company have been looking around Ishpeming recently for possible locations, according to Alex Fields, the manager of the newly opened Contrast Coffee in Marquette. No specific location identified yet, but they like the area ... Continue Reading

The Triumph, Tragedy, and Tribulations of Jeff Olson

By Brian Cabell on November 26, 2017 at 5:45 am

THIS IS THE time of year when we're accustomed to hearing about the Ishpeming High School Hematite football team and their head coach Jeff Olson. They're usually downstate at Ford Field playing for the state championship in Division 7 or Division 8. Well, not this year. Not even close. But more about that ... Continue Reading

Barrel and Beam Prepares to Brew, Parking Meters Bring in Cash, Mine Closure Not So Bad, Entrepreneurship Up, One Woman Bakery Is Busy, Change at WJMN, Snow Guns Ready at the Mountain, and a Free Meal Downtown

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

BARREL AND BEAM will be brewing up its first batch of beer next week. No, you won't be able to drink it yet. Nick VanCourt and Marina Dupler, the husband and wife team who own Barrel and Beam, plan to open the niche brewery the week between Christmas and New Years. Note the word "plan." Unexpected delays can ... Continue Reading

Benri Sushi Coming to Downtown, Masonic in Transition, Travel Marquette Seeks a New Director, Cherry Creek Market Is Bought and Renamed, Junk Becomes Art, High Schoolers Opening a Coffee Shop, and Anytime Fitness Gives…and Gives…and Gives

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

WE'VE GOT CRAFT breweries downtown, along with a wine bar, a tattoo parlor, a piercing shop, a waxing studio, farm-to-table restaurants, and tons of coffee shops...so why not a sushi bar? It's on the way. Thomas Flemal and his fiancee Charlene Donovan are moving their business, Benri Sushi, from Escanaba to Masonic ... Continue Reading

“They’re Working Out Their Stuff:” Young Cyclists Challenge the Trails of Marquette County

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

"THE OTHER KIDS at my high school don't even think mountain biking is a sport," 15 year old Caden Holm (below, on the right) says. He's a sophomore at Negaunee High School. "They're all about football and basketball. That's it. They think I'm crazy." So what does he say to them? "I tell them they ought to get on a bike ... Continue Reading

More Music, More Coffee, a Mea Culpa, Fewer Books, Many More Apartments, A New Tech Launch, More National Praise, and How Not to Do Business

By Brian Cabell on November 2, 2017 at 5:45 am

EXPECT TO HEAR more music on Third Street later this month. A new music store, Yooptone Music, offering instruments for sale and rent, repairs and lessons, hopes to open its doors in the Village Shopping Center on November 20th. That's the space currently occupied by the Sara Cambensy headquarters. If you're saying to ... Continue Reading

Dubious Treasure Coughed Up by Lake Superior

By Brian Cabell on October 31, 2017 at 11:49 am

IT WAS ONE of the most discouraging photographs to come out of last week's historic wind and wave storm on Lake Superior. Garbage. Junk, much of it plastic, that washed up on the beaches of Marquette County. Stella Larkin, one of the owners of Rustico, which makes rustic log furnishings here in Marquette, was ... Continue Reading

Meijer’s Tax Assessment, Film Festival’s Impact, Bike Magazine’s Posting, Rehab Clinic Update, Founders Landing Condos Final Phase, and Everybody’s Moving to Michigan

By Brian Cabell on October 26, 2017 at 5:45 am

DECEMBER WILL BE an interesting month for the Meijer store now under construction in Marquette Township. Why? Because that's when the store will get its first tax assessment from the Township following the Michigan Supreme Court's recent ruling that the Tax Tribunal must re-evaluate its method of assessing ... Continue Reading

Storm Was Comparable to Fitzgerald Storm

By Brian Cabell on October 25, 2017 at 10:57 am

YOU'RE NOT WRONG if you think Tuesday's storm was comparable to the infamous November, 1975 storm on Lake Superior that took the Edmund Fitzgerald down. "In terms of millibars, it was very similar to the '75 storm, " NWS forecaster Jason Alumbaugh says. "The winds were a little weaker, but the waves were absolutely ... Continue Reading

HOTplate’s Future, Mather Inn’s Response, Shiras Planetarium’s Plans, Temple Beth Sholom’s Delays, Construction in Negaunee, and a Weekend Filled with Films, Art, Blues and a Mud Run

By Brian Cabell on October 19, 2017 at 5:45 am

ANOTHER BIG CHANGE coming to West Washington Street downtown. HOTplate, where you can sit down and create your own work of art, is up for sale, and owner Sue Kensington says if she doesn't find a buyer for it in the next few months, she'll be shutting its doors. N0t an economic problem. It's just that she and her ... Continue Reading