You've seen him around town--a lone, lean figure clad in skin-tight, insulated clothing--running, machinelike, on the snow and ice of Marquette's roadways and sidewalks.Gotta be a crazy man, right?No, he's marathoner Tracy Lokken, a homeboy out of Gwinn High School and NMU. He's a serious marathoner, a national-class ... Continue Reading
Fat Man, Paper Books and Soft Opens
You won't see him on NBC's The Biggest Loser but Chip Arledge (alias The Fat Man), the DJ at 100.3 The Point, has a weight loss story to put any of those losers to shame.Arledge has lost more than 170 pounds in the last year and, no, it wasn't done through surgery. He simply decided to stop eating and drinking so much, ... Continue Reading
No Answers in a Mysterious Death and the Little Engine That Could
So after fifteen months, Marquette Police have determined that the death of 34 year old Shawn Dollar, whose body was found in a vacant building on Washington Street in September 2012, was "likely an accident."But the case is still open. Meaning maybe it wasn't an accident.Ask Captain Gordie Warchuck how Dollar, who ... Continue Reading
Tu Kaluthia Closes, CBS Sniffs Around
One of Marquette's culinary treasures is closing down.Tu Kaluthia Café, which has served delicious Greek food and coffee in a corner of the Peter White Library for the past nine years has been forced to close its doors by the city building inspector.The problem? There's no vent for the toaster oven in the café, and the ... Continue Reading
Morning News, MarquetteMobile and the Secrets of Capitalism
It's been up and operating for less than two months but the new app for Marquette known as MarquetteMobile is experiencing phenomenal growth.After the first week, it had been downloaded 50 times. After the first month, 500 times. After six weeks, 2500 times. Now after seven weeks, it's closing in on 3000 downloads on all ... Continue Reading
Blueberry Muffins, Stormy Kromers and iPad Tacos
Blueberry muffin alert! We're headed for a crisis next month.Downtown Marquette's favorite gathering place, Babycakes on Washington Street, will be closing down for three days in early January for renovations.Owner Kim Danieleson says the coffee shop is getting a new floor, part of an ongoing renovation program that ... Continue Reading
Brew Pubs, Back Pay and Burritos
Beer-lovers, rejoice. Marquette (actually Harvey) is about to get another microbrewery. The Bayou just got its license to brew its own suds but it'll be at least a few months before the operation is up and running.Optimistically, they're hoping for April. Realistically, more like June. They've got to revamp the facility and ... Continue Reading
TV6 Changes Ahead?
Keep your eyes on TV6 and Fox UP in the weeks ahead. The Sinclair Broadcast Group recently bought WLUC, which operates both TV6 and Fox UP, and now the employees are waiting to see what happens next. Who's going? Who's staying? Any programming changes? It's fair to say there's an air of nervousness in the halls ... Continue Reading
Eat Pasta, Be Happy (and thin)
I've just returned from an eight day vacation in Italy and you'd think I'd want to talk about the awe-inspiring ruins of the Coliseum in Rome or the sculptural perfection that is David in Florence or the graceful hills of Tuscany...but no. Oh, they're great, don't get me wrong. But what struck me and my companions about ... Continue Reading
Flo the Flasher
She's beautiful, she's ambitious and she's not especially bright but Flo Dingley is stumbling her way toward stardom in TV news. That's the story of "Flo the Flasher" which is set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The novel is now available on this website, and also at Snowbound Books and Bookworld in Marquette as well as ... Continue Reading
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