IS IT TRUE? Nobody wants to work anymore? And that’s why businesses are short-staffed? First, let’s acknowledge, only the most masochistic among us truly wants to work. Raise your hand if you’d rather put in a mind-numbing eight in the cubicle, or a cushy five on the golf course. That’s what I ... Continue Reading
Homeless Woman Finds a Home
AUTUMN IS HER name. She's 23 years old, a gal from Nebraska. She arrived in Alger County a couple of years ago with her father. She hadn't been able to get along with her mother and stepfather back home so she thought she'd give the U.P. a try with her dad. Start a new life for herself. Didn't work out. She and her ... Continue Reading
Pastries on Washington, 906 Technologies Goes to Milwaukee, Construction Boom Jobs, Marquette’s Secret Is Out, a New Football Show, and Blues Sensations
THINGS ARE ABOUT to get a little sweeter on West Washington Street. Gophers, the pastry shop on Third Street, is going to relocate to the building vacated by Bella Beads a few months back. The move will take place before October 1st. Two reasons for the move according to the owners: Gophers' current building is being ... Continue Reading
Ishpeming Drummer Goes Viral, Cliffs Settles for $84 Million, NMU Talks to the Brain Gym, Farmers Market Revives in Winter, and the Cash Mob Descends on Marquette
A 61 YEAR old, retired corrections officer from Ishpeming has gone viral on Facebook in the last ten days. His name's Wayne Oien. He plays the drums. Specifically what's gone viral is an informal drumming session he conducted at Al Qual about five years ago. How viral? Well, try 17 million views and ... Continue Reading