TROUBLES CONTINUE AT the Country Village development in Ishpeming. Now the BP station has closed down, just a couple of months after the Country Grill restaurant shut its doors for good. Both businesses occupy prominent locations on the highway. Messages left with an official at Country Village, asking for an ... Continue Reading
A Center for Wellness, Activity on Lakeshore, Roundabout Fever, Dark Store Documentary, a Brighter Downtown, and a Marriage Proposal Goes National
CALL IT A wellness destination. Call it a center for all types of therapy--yoga, massage, dance, meditation, and much, much more. That's what will be moving into the spot recently vacated by MacDonalds Music Store on Third Street. The new owners are Kate Lewandowski and Christopher Ray. They've been part-time ... Continue Reading
Dark Stores, Bold Crosswalks, Plugged-in City Manager, Global Professor, and a Chocolate Risk-Taker
ANY LEGISLATION TO resolve the "dark store" controversy isn't going to happen until this fall at the earliest. State Representative John Kivela (D) and State Senator Tom Casperson (R) now plan to introduce their bills in both chambers in September. The UP legislators have written up two bills: One would no longer ... Continue Reading
Condo Plans, Chamber Move, Possible Library Change, and TV6 Dominance
DON'T EXPECT THOSE new condos atop Shiras Hill, just off of US 41, to go up this summer. Surprise, surprise, these things things take longer than expected. Site plans have been submitted to the city but nothing is finalized. What we'll see on those six acres over the next several weeks is a leveling of the ground and ... Continue Reading
Coast Guard Property, Paladino’s, Partridge Creek, Hamburger Joint, Vista Theater, and a Rowing Star
IT LOOKS LIKE the city of Marquette might finally take possession of the old Coast Guard property later this year. The deal has taken a mere six years to be consummated. You might remember that Marquette and the Coast Guard traded properties on Lake Superior back in 2009, and the Coast Guard immediately built its ... Continue Reading