A quick about-face for Farmer Q's.The last we heard, the little store on Washington Street cherished for its fresh downstate produce had closed up shop.The announced reasons? Co-owner Tom Brian had gotten a good job downstate, and he and his wife Susan said they were fed up with the shoddy treatment they had ... Continue Reading
Medical Center Makes Push for Hospital Site
The site selector for the new $290 million hospital may have left town but the courting continues.The Upper Peninsula Medical Center is among the most prominent and ardent courters.The Medical Center, which is owned by about 40 members (mostly physicians) and provides offices for more than 100 physicians, has come up with ... Continue Reading
Hospital Machinations, Frozen Marina, and Frosty Treats
Interesting developments on the hospital relocation front.Last week, Dana Young, an official out of Nashville identified as Duke LifePoint's site selector, told the Lake Superior Community Partnership that the site survey team had narrowed the search for a new MGH location down to two sites--one in the city of ... Continue Reading
And Then There Were Two (Potential Hospital Sites)
Two sites remain in the running for the location of the future Marquette General Hospital.One of the sites is in the city of Marquette, the other is in Marquette Township.The precise sites have not been officially identified. In fact, neither MGH nor Duke LifePoint Healthcare, which owns MGH, has officially announced ... Continue Reading
CBS Newscasts Start Next Month
Well, they're getting closer.WJMN, the CBS station in the Upper Peninsula, has announced it'll be starting its first-ever UP newscasts in April.April 1st? April 10th? April 30th?Don't pin them down. They're still trying to hammer together a studio and offices off the highway west of Marquette. They're referring to it ... Continue Reading
Abortion Vigil, DDA Dilemma, Patient Golfers, and Das Steinhaus
Over the last week you may have noticed sign-holding demonstrators outside the Planned Parenthood offices on Third Street. They're from Forty Days for Life, an anti-abortion group. They'll be there for another month. No incidents, no problems so far. Just a quiet, heartfelt protest. The demonstrators ... Continue Reading
Asplund Takes the Reins, Marquette Mountain Takes a Plunge, and StoryCorps Comes to Town
A relative calm has descended upon the newsroom at WLUC.Steve Asplund, the hardest working man in the news business, has been named the news director at the station. Rather, re-named. He was news director for a few years back in the mid-90's, as well.And don't worry, he'll remain as the 6 pm anchor. What most viewers don't ... Continue Reading
Empire to Stay Open
Huge news from Cliffs Natural Resources.The Empire mine, which had been scheduled to close by the end of the year, will now remain open until at least the end of 2016. There's an option for a third year, as well.The last minute agreement with ArcelorMittal was announced Thiursday morning.The agreement means 700 miners won't ... Continue Reading
Marijuana, Obamacare and Two Extraordinary Women
Don't be surprised if the biggest, most publicized issue in this year's City Commission election is marijuana. Namely, decriminalizing marijuana possession in the city of Marquette.The newly formed group, Legalize MQT, is planning to run a slate of three candidates for the three open commission seats.All three will favor ... Continue Reading
Website on a Roll, Cliffs on a Roller Coaster, and Snowboarders on a Rail
The folks at WLUC have certainly shown their muscles in the last month.Total page views on their website in January: 7.7 million. That's about 250,000 a day. Back in 2004, the same website was getting 250,000 a month.A 30-fold increase in ten years. Yeah, that's pretty good growth.A couple of caveats here: Last month's ... Continue Reading
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