Moving on… The MAPS school board held a “Committee of the Whole Meeting" Monday night where they took an initial step in the rebranding process of the high school’s nickname. They're moving on from dropping it to replacing it. The first part has been a little messy, and maybe not yet fully played out. Coming up with a ... Continue Reading
UPHS – Marquette… Beleaguered or Beloved?
I GOT A CALL THE OTHER day from someone who has an issue with the hospital, and frankly, I wasn't sure what to do with it. Our hospital, or rather Duke LifePoint’s hospital, has been the subject of a lot of complaints ever since they opened their new facility some four years ago. Thanks to social media, we’ve ... Continue Reading
What Can We Do to Help?
THIS IS WHAT you do when your community faces a crisis. You see what needs to be done and then you do it. Sally Steen and Terry Wessels have taken that to heart. They've started an online group, Masks for Marquette, to make masks to help protect our doctors, nurses, and medical technicians. In the last three days, it's ... Continue Reading
A Grass Roots Crusade to Make the Hospital Better
"WE HAVE TO help LifePoint help themselves. They need help!" The impassioned words of Cindy Nyquist, the president and founder of UP Home Health and Hospice. She's become the point person for a local campaign to fix what's wrong with LifePoint's local hospital, UP Health System Marquette. And what's wrong with UPHS? ... Continue Reading
Hospital Finds Parking Spaces, Artist Plans Giant Mural for Third Street
PARKING CRISIS AVERTED at UPHS-Marquette. Hospital officials have found more spaces on the campus and plan to lay gravel in them to provide adequate parking for the employees. It'll happen before the hospital's official opening on June 2nd. Marketing director Victor Harrington says the gravelled areas will then be ... Continue Reading