Foxicology We can start the conversation with squirrels and chipmunks. They’re all over. Cute, but sometimes a little bit of a nuisance. Then there are the standard issue raccoons, skunks, and deer wandering the neighborhoods. And we also hear of the occasional bear, usually more in wooded and peripheral ... Continue Reading
Changes on the Mountain
A FEW DAYS ago, Marquette Mountain general manager Jesie Melchiori announced via Facebook that she was no longer employed by Marquette Mountain. No reason given. Seemed like it was unexpected. We'd just talked to her two weeks ago about her plans for the upcoming volleyball season. An attempt by WOTS to contact her about ... Continue Reading
Hate in Marquette, Pessimism on Dark Stores, Waiting on Marquette Mountain, and Snow (a bit) in the Forecast
HERE'S HOPING THE following is just one sad, isolated incident in our hometown. Khadijah Wilson has lived in Marquette for four years. She's black. She's worked as a nurse, she's served on the Boards of the Marquette West Rotary and the Women's Center, and she's currently on the Toastmasters' Board. She's the wife of ... Continue Reading
A Balmy Winter, a Snowless Mountain, a Technical Mess at ABC 10, an Interminable Search at Local 3, and the Pilot Gig Takes to the Seas
SO WHAT HAPPENED to winter? 60 degrees in November, barely a hint of snowflakes, no major snowfalls on the horizon. Here's weather guru Karl Bohnak's take: The weather is unusual but not unprecedented. In the early '50s, we had no snow here until just before Christmas. In the winter of '94, we had snow in November but ... Continue Reading