IT'LL BE INTERESTING to see whether the planned protest against Governor Snyder's speech at NMU's May commencement gains traction. A lot of talk on campus this week after it was announced that he would be the speaker, and a Facebook page was set up specifically to organize the anti-Snyder campaign. A last check at the ... Continue Reading
Strike Authorization Vote, Velodrome Opens, Two!! More Coffee Shops on the Way, NMU Freshmen Numbers Way Up, and NMU Prof Once Opened for Led Zeppelin
NURSES AT UP Health System-Marquette have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their union to call for a strike. The 400 RN's voted Tuesday during daylong balloting and informational sessions. The announcement of the voting results came late Tuesday night. This does not mean they will go on strike, nor that they even ... Continue Reading
Township Transforming, Range Bank Centralizing, KADU Opening, NMU Surprising, Partridge Creek Expanding, Phil’s Fund Growing, Tracey’s Impressing, and the Joyful Spectacle of Umbrellas
COME BACK TO Marquette Township along US 41 in a year or two, and you might not recognize the place. It's changing before our very eyes. A 6000 square foot Fraco showroom is being constructed just east of Gordon Food Service. It'll be open in early 2018. More land being leveled nearby, and Planning and Zoning ... Continue Reading
Upfront, Bennett Media, Football Broadcast Woes, a New Anchor in Town, Jacobetti Complex Rumors, Dark Stores, and Kivela’s Future
IT'S NOW THREE years and counting. Upfront & Company still remains vacant and up for sale. Oh, there's been interest--potential local and regional buyers, even interest from overseas, most recently from South Africa, but nobody's been willing to pull the trigger on one of Marquette's most valuable downtown ... Continue Reading
Dark Stores, Harleys, Shriners, North Wind, VRBO, Blighted Maples, and a Barn Dance
A SHOWDOWN ON the dark store issue is coming in Lansing. In two weeks, Representative John Kivela and State Senator Tom Casperson are planning to introduce their bills that would essentially prevent large box stores from being taxed as though they were vacant (or dark). Recent rulings by the state's Tax Tribunal have ... Continue Reading