THESE ARE TOUGH times for Cliffs Natural Resources but so far the local office is keeping quiet. Can't blame them. Who knows what lies ahead for them?Here's what's been happening recently for the mining company that's long been one of Marquette County's biggest employers and most involved corporate citizens:1) Its Duluth ... Continue Reading
A New Day for the Landmark Inn
WELL, THE RUMORS that have been leaking out over the past few weeks are true. The Landmark Inn is being sold.The principals in the deal haven't felt comfortable in confirming the rumors until now because of the uncertainties and complications in any major transaction, and the final papers are still ... Continue Reading
Duke LifePoint Chooses Roundhouse
After a year of deliberations and negotiations, Duke LifePoint has made its decision. It wants to relocate Marquette General Hospital to the Roundhouse property in Marquette.A DLP executive will attend next Monday's City Commission meeting to make the proposal for the purchase of the property.It is not a done deal yet. The ... Continue Reading
MGH Is Counting Down, Eagle Mine Road Is Ever Widening, and a College Preacher Is Spewing Hate
TWO WEEKS, MAYBE less. That's when we'll have a deal for the new Marquette General Hospital. That's when all the courting and numbers-crunching and speculating will finally end.Two apparent candidates remain in the running for the nearly $300 million project--the Marquette Township site just behind the Westwood Mall, and ... Continue Reading
STRAIGHTtalk: Nheena Weyer Ittner
Marquette, MI – Nheena Weyer Ittner grew up downstate but has lived in the UP for the last few decades. She’s the ambitious and gregarious founder and director of the Upper Peninsula Childrens Museum. She always seems to be in a good mood. Is that a façade? No. It’s real. BC: What’s your most vivid memory from your ... Continue Reading
Hospital Deadline, Golf Course Rejection, and Another Frigid Winter
WELL, HERE IT is, the end of August, the supposed deadline for a decision on the relocation of Marquette General Hospital, so it should happen this week, right?Don't count on it, if the city's Roundhouse location is one of the two final candidates, which we hear it is.The thing is, the City Commission's subcommittee ... Continue Reading
Golf Course Is Out, Coast Guard Is Out to Lunch, and Huron Earth Deli Will Serve Lunch No Longer
LOOKS LIKE WE can cross one of Duke LifePoint's options off the list.The Marquette Golf Club Board Wednesday morning voted to cut off all negotiations with DLP regarding a possible location for the new Marquette General Hospital.Duke LifePoint, at last word, had been considering half of the Heritage course as one of its ... Continue Reading
B and B News, Upfront Interest, Hospital Guessing, and Eccletico Encores
IT'S NOT A sure thing yet, but it's getting there.The long awaited Nestledown Bed and Breakfast on Lakeshore Boulevard, across from Picnic Rocks, may be just a few weeks away from groundbreaking.Ken and Sue Schauland bought the property two and a half years ago and tore down the existing building with the expectation ... Continue Reading
TV6 Co-Anchor, Right-to-Farm, Fitness Craze, and Rainwater Toilets
STEVE ASPLUND AND Greg Trick will soon have a female co-anchor sitting across from them at the TV6 anchor desk.Her name is Sophie Erber, fresh out of a Masters program at the University of South Florida. She'd previously graduated from University of Tampa in the honors program.A co-anchor? We haven't seen that since the ... Continue Reading
Cliffs Coup, Duke’s Dollars, Brown’s Search, and Lorinsers’ “Vacation”
NO COMMENT. That's the official word coming out of Cliffs Natural Resources following the apparent...and shocking...takeover of the Cliffs board by Casablanca Capital, the activist hedge fund, on Tuesday. Final results of the voting won't be tabulated for a couple more days but Casablanca is declaring ... Continue Reading
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