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Silence on the Hit-and-Run and a Vacation in Baghdad
Still no update on the tragic hit-and-run accident in Big Bay a few weeks ago that took the life of Robin Rahoi, the NMU dietician. Her body was found in the snow in the early morning of December...
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TV6 Shakeup, Cold Weather Breakdown, and a Dinner Theater on the Horizon
WLUC staffers are still trying to digest the implications of the resignation of their news director on Friday.Regena Robinson, who'd held the position for two and a half years, unexpectedly announced...
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Where's the Hospital Going and Where Are the News Directors Going?
If there's one issue that provokes anxiety among Marquette city officials, merchants and even residents, it's the future home of Marquette General Hospital.Duke LifePoint officials, who are working...
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Racist Letters at TV6 and the Closing of Farmer Q's
A bizarre, sad and ugly story is unfolding at WLUC-TV.Seems that prior to her abrupt resignation just over a week ago, news director Regena Robinson, who is African-American, received three racially...
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UP 200 Is Looking for Dogs, Thompson Has a New Job, and Buck's Back
Bonanza Steakhouse, one of Marquette's most popular restaurants for the last couple of decades, is shutting down this weekend. A manager at the restaurant Friday afternoon would only confirm that...
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Farmer Q's Fallout, School Snow Daze, and Beer Bonanza
Fallout continues in the wake of Farmer Q's closing up shop downtown.The shutdown was precipitated, the owners say, by the persistent opposition to them by local farmers and the Marquette Food Co-op at...
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Empire Shutdown, Founders Build-Up, and Shani's Shout-Out
What we have long feared is now just about upon us.The Empire mine is closing. There are really no ifs, ands or buts about it. Barring a miracle, it's shutting down.Cliffs' partnership with...
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BLP's Baffling Response, Farmers' Market P*ssing Match, and Corkage Confusion
The Bureau of Light and Power has a few people scratching their heads.Here's the background: Marquette has a fireworks committee charged with trying to fund the city's fireworks display every July 4th....
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Hit and Run Update, MGH Options and Famous Footwear
It's been almost two months since the hit-and-run death of Robin Rahoi in Big Bay and still, no charges have been filed.Family and friends of Ms. Rehoi, along with residents of Big Bay, are confused...
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Website on a Roll, Cliffs on a Roller Coaster, and Snowboarders on a Rail
The folks at WLUC have certainly shown their muscles in the last month.Total page views on their website in January: 7.7 million. That's about 250,000 a day. Back in 2004, the same website was getting...
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Marijuana, Obamacare and Two Extraordinary Women
Don't be surprised if the biggest, most publicized issue in this year's City Commission election is marijuana. Namely, decriminalizing marijuana possession in the city of Marquette.The newly formed...
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Empire to Stay Open
Huge news from Cliffs Natural Resources.The Empire mine, which had been scheduled to close by the end of the year, will now remain open until at least the end of 2016. There's an option for a third...
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Asplund Takes the Reins, Marquette Mountain Takes a Plunge, and StoryCorps...
A relative calm has descended upon the newsroom at WLUC.Steve Asplund, the hardest working man in the news business, has been named the news director at the station. Rather, re-named. He was news...
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Abortion Vigil, DDA Dilemma, Patient Golfers, and Das Steinhaus
Over the last week you may have noticed sign-holding demonstrators outside the Planned Parenthood offices on Third Street. They're from Forty Days for Life, an anti-abortion group. They'll be there...
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CBS Newscasts Start Next Month
Well, they're getting closer.WJMN, the CBS station in the Upper Peninsula, has announced it'll be starting its first-ever UP newscasts in April.April 1st? April 10th? April 30th?Don't pin them down....
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And Then There Were Two (Potential Hospital Sites)
Two sites remain in the running for the location of the future Marquette General Hospital.One of the sites is in the city of Marquette, the other is in Marquette Township.The precise sites have not...
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Hospital Machinations, Frozen Marina, and Frosty Treats
Interesting developments on the hospital relocation front.Last week, Dana Young, an official out of Nashville identified as Duke LifePoint's site selector, told the Lake Superior Community Partnership...
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Medical Center Makes Push for Hospital Site
The site selector for the new $290 million hospital may have left town but the courting continues.The Upper Peninsula Medical Center is among the most prominent and ardent courters.The Medical Center,...
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Farmer Q's Returns, DePetro Mulls a Run, and Lundin Negotiates
A quick about-face for Farmer Q's.The last we heard, the little store on Washington Street cherished for its fresh downstate produce had closed up shop.The announced reasons? Co-owner Tom Brian had...
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Cliffs Demotion, Clark's Devotion, and a Bloody Mary Potion
Talk about a slap in the face.The U.P.'s favorite mining company, Cliffs Natural Resources, got word last week that, effective April 1st, it will no longer be listed on the prestigious S&P 500...
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