NO DEFINITE WORD yet from Meijer on its planned expansion into Marquette County. A corporate executive downstate says, absolutely, they want to come here (they like college towns), they are intending to come here, they are shopping around but have not yet found a site. They've been searching for about two years. We ... Continue Reading
Clark Park Deal Falling Apart
A COUPLE OF years ago, when it was first announced that Marquette was being given a one million dollar piece of beachfront property, everybody cheered. How wonderful! How generous! How times have changed. The Clark Lambros Beach Park, complete with a bathhouse, showers, parking, access for the handicapped, and ... Continue Reading
Racism in the UP, Vaping for Nicotine, Dialing for Doctors’ Dollars, Gambling on Mining Stocks, and Boarding the Brew Bus
SO WE'RE ALL congratulating ourselves for pulling down the Confederate flag and electing an African-American president twice and just generally being open-minded, prejudice-free Americans. Well, we might wanna think twice about that here in the U.P. A recent study suggests that the western two thirds of the U.P., ... Continue Reading