Unless you're part of the NMU community, you may not have noticed it, but the student newspaper, the North Wind, has broken three major stories in the last couple of weeks.First, the arrest of the former student body president, Amber Lopota, for embezzlement.Next, the disciplining of an NMU football coach and adjunct ... Continue Reading

Vern Barber, the longtime general manager at Marquette Mountain, is heading to snowier slopes.Mount Bohemia in the Keweenaw, specifically.After 32 years at Marquette Mountain, he's looking for a new challenge at a unique venue (extreme skiing, ungroomed slopes) with the potential for growth. That's what Bohemia offers.No ... Continue Reading

Marquette's plan for its SmartZone is on the fast-track.City manager Bill Vajda expects to have the SmartZone application submitted to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation by May.The decision on exactly what to do and where and how would be made in June.And then work begins in July.Yeah, that would be ... Continue Reading

Talk about a slap in the face.The U.P.'s favorite mining company, Cliffs Natural Resources, got word last week that, effective April 1st, it will no longer be listed on the prestigious S&P 500 stock exchange.It's being demoted down to the S&P midcap 400. That's an exchange that, frankly, most casual ... Continue Reading

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

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

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

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