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
Searching for a Million Bucks, Running for Congress, Making Sausage, Registering Guns, and Waxing Our Bodies
WHAT'S IT LIKE being a pioneer in Marquette's brand new Smartzone? Jeff Nyquist is finding out fast. Nyquist, the founder and CEO of Neuro Trainer on Washington Street, has been in California for the last two weeks, meeting with high tech industry entrepreneurs and leaders, and searching for potential investors in his ... Continue Reading
Ore Dock Expansion, L’Attitude Delay, New ABC 10 Newscast, Online Newspapers, Shakespeare, and Phil’s 550
THREE YEARS AFTER it brewed its first barrel of beer, the Ore Dock Brewing Company is, for the first time, selling its brew outside of Marquette County. Time to start expanding, according to Ore Dock owner Andrea Pernsteiner, but on a limited and controlled basis. The Ore Dock over the next few weeks will be ... Continue Reading
Rising Rates for BLP, More Plaudits for Elizabeth’s and the Farmers Market
YIKES. BOARD OF of Light and Power customers may be looking at 30% rate hikes in the very near future. Seems startling and exorbitant, but some officials with an eye toward the future say it's necessary. The rate hikes would fund the building of three new generators providing 50 megawatts of power. The cost? $77 ... Continue Reading
A Tale of Two Pot Stores, a TV Station Swap, and New Life for an Old Building
QUESTION: WHY WOULD two stores three miles apart and selling exactly the same product--marijuana--be treated differently? One was busted by law enforcement and forced to shut down earlier this year, while the other continues to operate and prosper five years after it opened. It's a question that epitomizes the absurdity, ... Continue Reading
Chop House, Clark’s Park, Vajda’s New Gig, NMU Protest, U.P. Movie, and Arts in Ishpeming
ELIZABETH'S CHOP HOUSE, arguably the best restaurant in the Upper Peninsula (yes, we can argue about it), is getting some serious recognition. A website, onlyinyourstate.com, recently listed it as the 7th best steakhouse in Michigan. Quoting: "Elizabeth and Tom Wahlstrom have transformed a restaurant in downtown ... Continue Reading
Overworked Nurses and a New B & B
"I AM WORKING with a lot of unhappy, tired, overworked nurses these days. It's the worst I've seen in all my years at the hospital." That's a quote from a veteran nurse at UP Health System-Marquette (the former MGH) who understandably wants to remain anonymous. She's not alone. This, from another nurse: "We have ... Continue Reading
Marquette’s Smartzone and Ishpeming’s Partridge Creek Farm Making Moves
LOOKS LIKE MARQUETTE'S new Smartzone got their man. The contract won't be finalized until the Smartzone board signs off on it on Monday, but every indication is that Ray Johnson, out of Boulder, Colorado, will be the first CEO of Innovation Marquette, which is the official name of the Smartzone. Johnson's got a ... Continue Reading
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