No Word on the Street this week. Not even a murmur or a whisper. It’s difficult to feel the vibrations in the pavement when you’re a thousand miles away from your hometown. Instead, a tribute to my female companion of the last thirteen years. She’s got four legs. And no, my little friend hasn’t died yet. But when ... Continue Reading
Salary Roundup: Who Makes How Much
Americans have often been accused of being the most money-conscious people on the planet. No argument here. Unlike most other nationalities, the first thing we often ask someone we've just been introduced to is "What do you do?" In other words, what's your job, your profession? That's when we start judging them. The ... Continue Reading
Hope for Mt Shasta, Not So Much for CR 510 Residents, and a Makeover in Harvey
THERE MAY BE some hope ahead for Nancy Ferro and her beleaguered Mt. Shasta restaurant in Michigamme. The staffs of State Senator Tom Casperson, Representative John Kivela, Representative Scott Dianda and Representative Ed McBroom will be conferring this week with a few government agencies to determine whether they can ... Continue Reading
Dairy Queen Coming to Town
EVERYBODY LOVES A Blizzard, right? You know, the kind they serve at Dairy Queen. Well, you may be able to order one in Marquette before the end of the summer. The deal is just about wrapped up to locate a new Dairy Queen franchise on a one acre site in the parking lot of Target. A few i's to dot, a few t's to cross, and ... Continue Reading
Coffee Wars, FOIA Wars
BIGGBY COFFEE IS coming to town. The franchise coffee shop, headquartered in East Lansing, will be moving into a space at the strip mall that houses WJMN and Arby's on Wright Street just off of US 41. It just happens to be within shouting distance (if you've got a strong voice) of Starbucks on the other side of ... Continue Reading
Anatomy of a Raw Deal
A sad story is unfolding in the tiny town of Michigamme. Specifically at the Mt. Shasta restaurant, a way station on US 41 for so many of us on trips to the western U.P. It's also renowned for its part in the movie Anatomy of a Murder--several scenes were shot in the restaurant. Nancy Ferro bought Mt. Shasta eleven years ... Continue Reading
Peterson Out at ABC 10
ABC 10 HAS a new news director, its fourth in the last year or so. The station's not exactly a model of stability. Greg Peterson was fired from the job a few days ago and Sports Director Jerry Taylor took over as interim ND on Monday. He's hoping and expecting it'll become a permanent gig. He's only 26, a three and a half ... Continue Reading
Cliffs’ Latest Cut
THE LATEST NEWS out of Cliffs Natural Resources is bad and it might get worse. Cliffs Public Affairs Director Dale Hemmila, who served the company for 36 years, is out. He was informed that his job was being eliminated last Thursday morning. He was gone by Thursday afternoon. Thank you and goodbye. Hemmila, a supremely ... Continue Reading
Co-op/Farmer Partnership Frays, Marq and Cognition Delays, Cliffs Still in a Haze, and Winter’s Unpredictable Ways
A DISPUTE HAS has broken out between the Marquette Food Co-op and some of the local farmers who sell their produce to the Co-op. The Co-op is insisting that all its local farmers take part in a federal food safety program known as Good Agricultural Practices or GAP. If they don't start preparing for the GAP ... Continue Reading
FOIA Request Foiled
Remember that Kumbaya moment last week when NMU President Fritz Erickson said, "Give the North Wind all the emails they want in their FOIA request and let's not charge them a doggone dime! Can't we all just get along here?" Well, that moment has passed. On Monday, NMU did in fact forward a reported 1100 emails to Emma ... Continue Reading
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