More than $17,000 raised THAT GOFUNDME site for restaurant workers has finally closed down. Final tally? More than $17,000 raised from more than 230 donors, benefitting at least 250 local restaurant, bar, and coffee shop workers who were laid off by the governor's shutdown of non-essential businesses. Sixty dollars ... Continue Reading
It’s Not a Cure for COVID-19, But….
"IT'S NOT A CURE--I'm not saying that--but it's most effective treatment we have out there now. There's not even a close runner-up, and it's certainly better than doing nothing." That's Spencer Stang, the CEO of Marquette's Stang Decision Systems, commenting on hydroxochloroquine (HC), the controversial anti-malarial ... Continue Reading
Tech Jobs in Marquette: Not So Unusual Anymore
CAN MARQUETTE EVER become a mini-Silicon Valley? A regional center for tech-based businesses? Skeptics may question that possibility, noting that the SmartZone here, designed to attract young, innovative tech businesses, is now nearly five years old, and yet still only a handful of tech businesses call Marquette ... Continue Reading
Johnny Dogs Is Crowded, Eh! Burger Is New, Northiron Church Is Expanding, Stang Lists Tons of Available Jobs, They’re Glamping in AuTrain, and ABC 10 Is News Director-less
2:04 PM MONDAY...A hungry diner walks into Johnny Dogs, the newly re-opened restaurant on Superior Street in downtown Munising. It's well after the noontime lunch crush but the place is jammed. Most of the seats occupied, a line of 10 people waiting to order their meal at the counter. And in the kitchen, open for all ... Continue Reading