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Sweet Water Becomes “Bodega,” Cognition Searches for a Solution (and Maybe a Location), and McCabe’s Finds a Spot on the Highway

By Brian Cabell on April 18, 2017 at 5:45 am

THE SWEET WATER cafe is no more. One of Marquette's favored dining spots on Third Street has been renamed Cafe Bodega (meaning: a small store that sells groceries and wine). The new sign went up Monday afternoon. It's the latest and most visible change instituted by the new owners Leslie Seratti and Libby Nelson ... Continue Reading

A Woman Unlike Any Other

By Brian Cabell on April 9, 2017 at 5:45 am

"WHAT THE F*** happened?!" Aoy exclaims into her cell phone. Steam rises from the huge pot of soup she's stirring on the stove. A mini-crisis has broken out at the Rice Paddy, her restaurant on Presque Isle Street. It's 10:30 am. Two-hundred eighty pounds of chicken wasn't delivered on time. "You better have my ... Continue Reading

Cave-In Reported at Pictured Rocks

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

AUTHORITIES CONFIRM THERE was a minor cave-in at the Pictured Rocks National Seashore last evening. The mishap was apparently caused by exploratory drilling being conducted by the Australian mining conglomerate, Weeraub-Yubleinde Ltd, headquartered in Melbourne. "Three of our employees were injured in the incident," ... Continue Reading

Iron Bay Prepares to Open, So Does Mystery Business, Short Term Rental Ordinance Poised for Passage, Sawyer Airport Prospects Brighten, CR 595 Is Hopeful, and NMU Professor Is “On Call” for More Protests

By Brian Cabell on March 27, 2017 at 5:45 am

FIRST THE RECOVERY Room, then the Delft, then Digs, and now the Iron Bay Restaurant and Drinkery (formerly L'Attitude). New and re-fashioned restaurants and bars are popping up downtown seemingly every month. The latest on the Iron Bay: They'll be taking applications for employees within a couple of weeks. They hope ... Continue Reading

A Mother’s Nightmare, a Community’s Responsibility

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

WE DON'T LIKE to talk about teen suicide. It's uncomfortable. It's frightening. But this isn't about teen suicide. It's about pre-teen suicide. Almost incomprehensible. Actually, it's a suicide attempt, and currently, the 11 year old boy is lying in a bed at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor on life support. ... Continue Reading

Digs to Open, St. Paddy’s in the Street, NeuroTrainer with a Mystery Client, Tracey’s Gets Rave Reviews, Bergman Planning Town Halls, High Schoolers Win First Ever Honor, and a Double Battle Against Cancer

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

WE'LL BE GETTING our first look at Digs, the new downtown gastropub, this Friday. The new owners, their friends and family have been working their butts off for the last several weeks whipping it into a newly configured shape that will make it more suitable as an entertainment venue, with a stage...and less of a drinking ... Continue Reading

Coaster ll for Sale, Houseboats in the Harbor, the Exodus of Sports Stores, and New Shops Downtown, Including a Piercing Boutique

By Brian Cabell on March 9, 2017 at 5:45 am

MARQUETTE'S OFFICIAL FLAGSHIP is up for sale. The Coaster ll, the 43 foot long schooner that's been docked here in Marquette for the last ten years and has given tourists memorable rides along the coast of Lake Superior, is listed at $126,000. Captain Niko Economides says he's selling it because of his health ... Continue Reading

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