A ROCKET LAUNCH SITE... REALLY? Initially it was easy to write this off as another crazy idea that would burn out faster than a 4th of July sparkler. A Spaceport in Marquette County? On the Granot Loma property? On the shore of Lake Superior? Sounds improbable. But this morning the group of industrialists ... Continue Reading
A Welcoming Mural, Somber COVID Numbers, Sawyer Is Picking Up, and the Distillery Progress Is Slowing
An artist with a message IT'S HARD TO miss if you're entering downtown Marquette from the south on Front Street. A bold, beautiful, new mural with the words, "Evolve & Stay Involved" with clasping black and white hands. Huge, on the side of the LoyalTee's building owned by Brandon Sayen. Local artist Chelsea ... Continue Reading
Norlite Perseveres, Frontline Workers and Restaurants Get Some Help, and Sawyer Makes Plans for Improvements
Transparency, not hiding, at Norlite YOU'VE GOT TO admire Wayne Johnson, the administrator of Norlite Nursing Center, which unfortunately is a hot spot for COVID-19. Five deaths of residents so far, eighteen others testing positive for it, with several staff members testing positive, as well. Some executives in such a ... Continue Reading
UP Businesses Big and Small: Getting Help but Facing the Unknown
IT'S DIFFICULT TO find anybody in the Upper Peninsula--individuals, businesses, institutions, or non profits--who hasn't been crippled economically by the COVID-19 shutdown. The big boys have gotten most of the headlines. Namely... Cleveland Cliffs, with 700 workers soon to be laid for two months because of reduced ... Continue Reading
Norlite Faces Challenges, Summer Festivals Facing Uncertainty, and Sawyer Plays Host to Visitors
COVID-19 patients in isolated wing DIFFICULT TIMES FOR the residents and staff at Norlite Nursing Center. Three residents, including two over the weekend, have now died from COVID-19. Six other residents who've also tested positive for COVID-19 remain isolated in a separate wing of Norlite. In addition, four staff ... Continue Reading