AFTER MONTHS OF rumors--no, make it years--Meijer has signed a contract to purchase property to build a supercenter behind Lowes in Marquette Township. The deal won't be final until Meijer completes its due diligence phase, including site planning, road improvements, and municipal approvals. That likely could take up to ... Continue Reading
Wind Turbines in the UP, VAST Insurance in a Partnership, TV 6 on Facebook, Darwin and Beer, and a Street Party in the Snow
IT'S BEEN ALL hush-hush so far, but someone has plans to build 120 wind turbines in Baraga County and northwestern Marquette County. That's a huge wind project. Plans were submitted to MISO last August. MISO is the Midcontinent Independent System Operator which regulates power transmission in several states and ... Continue Reading
Ishpeming Drummer Goes Viral, Cliffs Settles for $84 Million, NMU Talks to the Brain Gym, Farmers Market Revives in Winter, and the Cash Mob Descends on Marquette
A 61 YEAR old, retired corrections officer from Ishpeming has gone viral on Facebook in the last ten days. His name's Wayne Oien. He plays the drums. Specifically what's gone viral is an informal drumming session he conducted at Al Qual about five years ago. How viral? Well, try 17 million views and ... Continue Reading
Toy Store Closing, Blackrocks Ramping Up, Homeless Kids Losing Out, Fishing Start-Up Shows Its Wares, and Marquette Rates as a “Safe” City
GREAT TURTLE TOYS is shutting down within a couple of months. That'll leave a vacancy at the entrance to the Children's Museum. The toy shop opened as a pop-up store downtown for the Christmas season in 2014. Then, amid high hopes, it moved into more permanent quarters on the first floor of the museum. However, ... Continue Reading
Clinic Buys Bonanza Property
IT'S NOT QUITE a done deal yet, but Superior Walk-In Center is set to buy the old Bonanza Steakhouse property on US-41. Plans call for the new clinic to open by July of this year. Permits still have to be granted and the new owners, of course, will have to undertake extensive renovations of the building. It'll take ... Continue Reading
Upfront, Bennett Media, Football Broadcast Woes, a New Anchor in Town, Jacobetti Complex Rumors, Dark Stores, and Kivela’s Future
IT'S NOW THREE years and counting. Upfront & Company still remains vacant and up for sale. Oh, there's been interest--potential local and regional buyers, even interest from overseas, most recently from South Africa, but nobody's been willing to pull the trigger on one of Marquette's most valuable downtown ... Continue Reading
Lakeshore Shopping Mall, Meijer Update, 906 Engineering, Angel Investors, Larry King, and Sydney’s
A SMALL, MOSTLY upscale, two story shopping mall just across Lakeshore Boulevard from Picnic Rocks. That's the plan being designed by a group of Chicago-based investors. It'll be located alongside and behind the newly opened Nestledown Bed and Breakfast. The project manager for the shopping center, Valdy Biernacki, is ... Continue Reading
Hospital Nuisance Calls, TV-3 Signal Fix, News Ratings, NMU’s Biofuel Miscalculation, Downtown Store Shift, and Help for Entrepreneurs
UP HEALTH SYSTEM-Marquette is trying to extinguish a brushfire that has some employees and patients hot under the collar. Turns out many of them--patients and employees--have been getting robo-calls from someone seemingly trying to sell them health insurance. Here's the story behind the story, according to UP Health ... Continue Reading
VP Neiheisel Out at NMU
NMU ISN'T PLAYING it up--in fact, his name isn't even mentioned in the press release--but one of the casualties in the university's just-released realignment program is Steve Neiheisel, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services. You might remember Neiheisel for the part he played in the Cheryl Reed-North ... Continue Reading
SportsPlex Moving, Wall Feud Continues, Beachhouse Downsizing, Beacon House Wondering; Also Hospital Questions, Marquette Lobbyist, and the War Club
THE U.P. SPORTSPLEX, THE family fun center on Wright Street, is closing down for most activities as of Sunday evening. The building and the property are being sold to the city. That's the bad news. Good news? It's going to reopen, in smaller quarters at the current Peak Gymnastics facility just a block away on Wright ... Continue Reading
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