LOTTA QUESTIONS ABOUT that large and highly visible timber cut along M-553 near Marquette Mountain. It's gotta be for something really big, right? Not really. It's actually for a natural gas line--20 inches wide that narrows to 10 inches-- that Semco is having installed, according to Jon Swenson, the city's director ... Continue Reading
Tap Room Opens, Tourism Soars, Mining Truck Collides, Temperatures Plummet, Casino Expansion Starts, and “Do It for Daniel” Going Statewide
A COMPLAINT WE'RE always hearing: "There just aren't enough doggone places in downtown Marquette where you can buy a beer!" (Pause for laughter) Well, we've got a new entrant in the beer-stakes. The Iron Bay Tap Room opened in a very soft launch this weekend. It's right next to the Iron Bay Restaurant and ... Continue Reading
West Washington Transformation, TriMedia, UP Health Plan, Staybridge Suites, NeuroTrainer, Culinary School, and Granot Loma
THE FOLKS AT TriMedia (an environmental and engineering firm) are starting to pack up their boxes as they get ready for their move across West Washington Street to their attractive, renovated new offices. The official move-in could be by the end of the month. The extensive renovation of the building, which used to ... Continue Reading