Can we continue the trend? THE NUMBERS HERE in Michigan look encouraging. Specifically these: New COVID cases in Michigan April 3....1953 April 29....1137 May 18....773 June 10....171 The trend, despite some daily and weekly ups and downs, is unmistakable. We can criticize Governor Whitmer for her ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Travis Alexander
Brian Cabell sits down and talks to the popular and relentlessly positive Travis Alexander, the YMCA's director of personal training and fitness. BC: Where were you born and raised? TA: I was born in northern Illinois but raised in Mercer, Wisconsin. We moved up there when I was about four years old. BC: What was ... Continue Reading
Heart Attacks at the YMCA, Tourist Dollars Downtown, Babycakes Bright New Exterior, Fresh Coast Film Festival’s Growth, the Latest on the Boathouse, Drug Test Dilemma, and Stormy Kromers Find a New Audience
"I'VE BEEN HERE for 18 years and I've never seen anything like this." The words of YMCA CEO Jenna Zdunek, after a second Y member suffered a heart attack at the facility in the last two months. The good news? Both of the stricken members survived, thanks to quick thinking and action by staff and fellow members. The ... Continue Reading
YMCA’s Day in Bankruptcy Court, Veridea’s Plans for a Downtown Development, the Storm Damage at the Picnic Rocks Parking Lot, Marquette Mountain’s Changes (Cheaper Passes!), and the Art for Babies Project at the Hospital
A GIANT STEP forward for the Marquette County YMCA last week as it tries to put its bankruptcy nightmare behind it. It's now one step closer to solvency. A federal bankruptcy judge officially accepted the Y's disclosure statement detailing how it got into its financial predicament, and then also received the Y's plan ... Continue Reading