TRANSFORMATION. IT'S HAPPENING before our very eyes in Munising. In large part it's due to a local businessman and developer, Tom Dolaskie, and his Dallas-based partner, Darrin Hubbard. By the time they complete their projects later this year, they (and their banking partners) will have invested $7 million into ... 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
Digs to Open, St. Paddy’s in the Street, NeuroTrainer with a Mystery Client, Tracey’s Gets Rave Reviews, Bergman Planning Town Halls, High Schoolers Win First Ever Honor, and a Double Battle Against Cancer
WE'LL BE GETTING our first look at Digs, the new downtown gastropub, this Friday. The new owners, their friends and family have been working their butts off for the last several weeks whipping it into a newly configured shape that will make it more suitable as an entertainment venue, with a stage...and less of a drinking ... Continue Reading
Historical Building to Become New Munising Gastro Pub, Marquette’s Citadel to Become New Synagogue
YOU LIKE BREWERIES? Well, we've got another one on the way. This one, in Munising. It'll be called Yoopy Brews. It's the latest offering from local developer Tom Dolaskie and his business partner, Darrin Hubbard, out of Texas. They're the same guys who recently opened up the Yooper-cool Roam Inn in town. Their ... Continue Reading
New B & B’s Face Questions, Newsman Goes to Court, Tourist Numbers Mount, New Apartments Open Up, Ishpeming Demolition on the Increase, a New Restaurant in Munising
A BATTLE MAY be brewing in Marquette over the increasingly popular Airbnb and VRBO style of bed and breakfasts. For the last year, the planning commission has been trying to come up with regulations that would govern them citywide. Proposals have been laid out, but still there's no consensus. In January--on a date ... Continue Reading