MARQUETTE HAS A new medical marijuana shop in town. Upper Peninsula Caregivers Association (UPCA) opened its doors at 414 South Front Street last Friday. Very low key, very discreet. A representative for UPCA says his shop is a "provisioning center," not a "dispensary." UPCA operates two other medical marijuana ... Continue Reading
Nordic Bay Demolition, Downtown Building Dispute, and the B&B Craze
THE OLD NORDIC Bay Inn, high on the hill overlooking US 41 and Lake Superior, is being demolished. The owner, Adventure Lodging LLC, is tearing down the structures on the property this week after the buildings had sat there, unused and unoccupied, for several years. What's next for the property? Adventure Lodging ... Continue Reading
The Intriguing…and Frightening…Tale of Gabe Caggiano
GABE CAGGIANO IS no longer delivering the news in the U.P.--he left Local 3 back in March--but he's now making news in San Antonio. WOIA radio reports that Caggiano has been charged with the federal crime of stalking, and he's scheduled to go on trial next month. If convicted, he could face up to five years in ... Continue Reading
Rover Deal Is Off
NO HUGE SURPRISE here. The rumors had been leaking out for the last few months. The deal that had the Double Trouble guys, Bill and Pat Digneit, and their partner, Alyssa Pilot, buying the Wild Rover, is off. Bad news for downtown. Bad news for everybody. The culprit, as it is in so many of these transactions, was ... Continue Reading
A Balmy Winter, a Snowless Mountain, a Technical Mess at ABC 10, an Interminable Search at Local 3, and the Pilot Gig Takes to the Seas
SO WHAT HAPPENED to winter? 60 degrees in November, barely a hint of snowflakes, no major snowfalls on the horizon. Here's weather guru Karl Bohnak's take: The weather is unusual but not unprecedented. In the early '50s, we had no snow here until just before Christmas. In the winter of '94, we had snow in November but ... Continue Reading
L’Attitude: On Again, Off Again, On Again….Off Again
YOU CAN STOP right here if you've heard this story before. L'Attitude is closing down yet again. The restaurant/bar's 32 employees got the word Monday. It'll be shutting its doors...temporarily, we hope...this weekend. It'll re-open....well, we're not quite sure when. Best case? Within a couple of months. Worst case? ... Continue Reading
Darling Closes, Cliffs Talks Stall, Invent@NMU Thrives, and Online News Expands
SAY GOODBYE TO Darling. The women's clothing shop at the corner of Washington and Front closed its doors for the last time Friday after a nearly five year run. The reason, according to an employee, was tied to a family issue, not the store's profitability. The owner, Paula Hughes Jonsson, still owns the Morrison ... Continue Reading
Big Lots Closing, Cliffs Jobs Threatened, Sundberg Block Hoping, and a Steinhaus Market Halloween Bash
LAST ONE OUT the door at the ever-darkening and forlorn Marquette Mall, make sure you turn out the lights. Employees at Big Lots have been told that store will be closing down in January. The reason? The lease expired. Big Lots isn't moving anywhere else in town so employees, who were told to keep this all ... Continue Reading
Deer Ranch, BLP Questions, Solar Popularity, Hair Craze, and Mom and Son in a Friendly Face-Off
LOOKS LIKE WE may be getting a new deer ranch in the central UP. It'll be called the Circle L5 Whitetail Game Ranch, in Humboldt Township, just south of Koski's Korner, off of M-95. The owner, Alton Luce, out of Texas, has put together about 600 acres for the ranch, which he plans to encircle with a ten foot high, ... Continue Reading
Housing Boomlet, Orphanage, Wine Bar, Founders Landing, Energy Dilemma, and Solar Power
A YEAR OR two ago, we were hearing there was a shortage of housing in Marquette, especially good rental housing. Seems like we're on the way to rectifying that. CASE IN POINT #1: The Orphanage project is moving along. Construction plans have been drawn up. Environmental reports have just been completed, and ... Continue Reading
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