PLANNING AIN'T PERFECT. That's what the folks at UPHS Marquette have discovered as they prepare to open the brand new $300 million hospital next month. Turns out, there won't be enough parking spaces for employees at the hospital. "In the process of preparing for our move to the new hospital, we have discovered a ... Continue Reading
Questions about Hospital Sale (or Merger), Plans for a New Patisserie–and a New Coffee Shop, Anger over a News Story, More Plaudits for the UP, Tourism Figures Are Up, an Unusual Write-In Campaign, and Trillium House’s First Guest
WELL, THE RUMORS were true, after all. UP Health Systems-Marquette (along with the other UPHS hospitals in the UP) is being sold. Or "merged." Semantics. What we know, if the deal goes through, is that Apollo Global Management, a huge private equities firm that owns RCCH Healthcare Partners, is buying Duke LifePoint ... Continue Reading
Beacon House: Rumors, Facts, and Hopes
THE WORD'S BEEN circulating that the Beacon House, the much admired facility on Third Street that houses families with patients at UPHS Marquette, has been sold. Not true. A buyer submitted an offer which was accepted, but with contingencies. And as so often happens with contingencies, they were not met. The sale fell ... Continue Reading
The Journey from Damascus to Marquette
YOU MIGHT HAVE seen Dr. Wael Khouli, his wife Michele, and their two young children taking leisurely strolls through downtown Marquette, along the lake front, or out at Presque Isle. They seem like an All American family living a carefree, idyllic life. Yes....and no. "I wish it was a bad dream," Dr. Khouli tells ... Continue Reading
Mather Inn Frustrations, New Pastry Shop Plans, Harbor Vista’s Deadline, Hospital’s Vagueness on Substance Abuse Inpatients, and 660 Miles of Mountain Running
THIS LAST YEAR has presented some challenges for the Mather Inn in Ishpeming. Most notably, there's been the ongoing legal dispute with Cognition, the brewery and pub located in the Inn itself. The two sides have been squabbling about who owes how much to whom, and though Cognition won the most recent court battle, the ... Continue Reading