IT'S BEEN A HUNDRED YEARS in the making, going back to when women were granted the right to vote. But now it’s time to acknowledge the obvious. The executive office, formerly the sole province of men in suits, is now thoroughly unisex. For sure, women have been well represented in the workplace since before ... Continue Reading
Latest on Frei Chevy, TEAM Wireless, and a New Neighbor for the Township
A subsidiary of Fox buys Frei property THE PRECISE FUTURE of the former Frei Chevrolet property on US 41 has still not been disclosed but here's what we do know. The property has been purchased by Green Castle Properties, a subsidiary of DP Fox Ventures, which also owns Fox Motors. DP Fox, based in Grand Rapids and run ... Continue Reading
YMCA Payback Plan Accepted in Bankruptcy Court
THE MARQUETTE COUNTY YMCA can finally wake up from its two and a half year old financial nightmare. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Gregg today (Thursday) accepted the YMCA's reorganization plan to pay back its 13 creditors. The Y's debts originally totaled more than $7 million. After a selling off of some assets, ... 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
Country Village Woes Continue, New Cigar Club Lights Up, Huron Mountain Bakery Offers Something New, Michigan Made Expands, and an Ex Legislator Finds a New Calling–in the Woods
ANOTHER DOMINO HAS fallen at Country Village. The latest one at the sprawling business complex in Ishpeming? The laundromat, which shut down a few days ago. This, after a gas station and a restaurant closed up in the last couple of months. A fitness center also locked their doors earlier in the year. The latest ... Continue Reading