"I'VE NEVER SEEN anything like it, " says Zach Quinnell, the store manager for Econo Foods in Marquette. "I wouldn't call it panic but we've been very busy." He's right. You walk in the store the last few days and there's three or four customers in every line even in mid-afternoon, but the store is not being overrun by ... Continue Reading
Inside Look at LifePoint, a New Brewpub, the UP’s First Sommelier, Wine Bar Plans, More Praise for Marquette, and Why We Love the UP
HERE'S A FASCINATING behind-the-scenes look at the politics and economics of LifePoint Health which, of course, is building Marquette's new hospital in partnership with Duke University Health System. We discovered it in Modern Healthcare, a hard copy and online journal that closely follows news in the healthcare ... Continue Reading
“Yellow Wall” Case Resolved
THE CONTROVERSIAL "YELLOW wall" issue on a downtown building being renovated has finally been resolved. Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Mazzuchi ruled Wednesday that the owners of the building, the three White sisters, will be granted access to the wall so that they can re-side it to give the wall a more "historical" feel, ... Continue Reading
Dismal Hospital Ratings, Wine Bar Plans, Homeless Boathouse, Eroding Presque Isle, NMU Apathy, Trenary Toast, and Skateboard Picassos
UH OH. Ya wanna root for your hometown hospital, but the latest ratings released by a national nonprofit group that measures hospital safety gives you pause. Leapfrog Group rates hospitals based on factors like infections, bed sores, falls, embolisms, staff hand washing, leaving objects in a patient's body during ... Continue Reading
Housing Boomlet, Orphanage, Wine Bar, Founders Landing, Energy Dilemma, and Solar Power
A YEAR OR two ago, we were hearing there was a shortage of housing in Marquette, especially good rental housing. Seems like we're on the way to rectifying that. CASE IN POINT #1: The Orphanage project is moving along. Construction plans have been drawn up. Environmental reports have just been completed, and ... Continue Reading