LOOKS LIKE WIND turbines will be on the ballot in L'Anse Township next spring. The township clerk Monday evening certified 410 signatures on a petition to put the controversial issue on the ballot. The anti-turbine citizens group, Friends of the Huron Mountains, says they needed only about 115 signatures to get ... Continue Reading
Landmark Inn News, Marquette Mountain Biking, Pictured Rocks Cruises, a Warm Summer, a Hideous Algae Bloom, New Construction in Ishpeming, Beacon House Party, Lumi Album Release
SOMETHING NEW IS coming to the top floor of the Landmark Inn. Matt Mering, the director of development for Graves Hospitality which owns the hotel, won't say what exactly except that it's going to be a pretty big deal. It'll be something new that will also honor the past, he says. We'll know more about it in the next ... Continue Reading
Householder Returns, Nestledown Honored, Golf Club Gets Snowblown, and Pirates Are Invading Munising
ONE OF OUR favorites is returning to TV 6 later this month. Shawn Householder, the morning meteorologist who left for Georgia, then West Virginia a few years ago, is coming back. Great news for Shawn, who adores the U.P., and great news for TV 6 and viewers in the U.P. "He was very popular with the viewers," says ... Continue Reading
Investor Interest in the Old Hospital, Uncertain Future of the Presque Isle Power Plant, Re-Opening of Johnny Dogs, Revival of Anna Dravland, Progress of BotEco, Forecast for Summer, and Hopes for a Touring Theater Troupe
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S some interest in buying the old hospital property about to be vacated by UPHS Marquette. "We just received our first two RFP's (Requests for proposal) from two separate interested investors last week," reports Victor Harrington, the regional marketing director for UPHS. That's good news. UPHS is ... Continue Reading
Soccer Foes Looking for a Solution, Community Action Investigating Charges, Audience Sides with Bohnak, and Fat-Bikers Prepping for a Masochistic Race
CAN THE TWO competing youth soccer organizations in Marquette finally figure out how to work together? We may find out this Sunday. Four pm. The Power Soccer Academy and Superiorland Soccer Association will be meeting at the YMCA to see if they can work out a partnership. Leaders, coaches, parents, and kids will all be ... Continue Reading