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SmartZone Fast-Track, Hospital Silence, L'Attitude Makeover, and...
Marquette's plan for its SmartZone is on the fast-track.City manager Bill Vajda expects to have the SmartZone application submitted to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation by May.The decision...
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Consternation at Marquette Mountain and the CVB, Anticipation at WJMN, and...
Vern Barber, the longtime general manager at Marquette Mountain, is heading to snowier slopes.Mount Bohemia in the Keweenaw, specifically.After 32 years at Marquette Mountain, he's looking for a new...
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North Wind Scoops, Baldini Files, Sisters Invest, and Golfers Don Snowshoes
Unless you're part of the NMU community, you may not have noticed it, but the student newspaper, the North Wind, has broken three major stories in the last couple of weeks.First, the arrest of the...
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Forsberg Future, Boathouse Battle, Lovelace Criticism and Upfront For Sale
Rumors have been circulating that Forsberg Flowers, a longtime Marquette institution on Third Street, is going out of business.Not true, says co-owner Lou Ann Balding (a Forsberg), but the property is...
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Caggiano's Past, YMCA's Future, Co-op's Move, and Farmers Market Opening
Gabe Caggiano, WJMN's anchor on its brand new 11 pm newscast, is not your typical bright-eyed kid eager to shine in his very first broadcasting job.He's been around the block a few times. He's worked...
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Forest Service Investigation, Sol Azteca Liquor, and a Gem in Ishpeming
A story that's gone mostly unreported in the central UP for the last several months is now the subject of a federal investigation by the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture.Here's the...
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Progress for the Teachers, Brush-off for the Rowers, and Beer for Carhartt
It ain't over 'til it's over but it looks like the Marquette teachers' contract dispute with the school board is moving closer to resolution.It's about time.Union rep Stuart Skauge says a meeting...
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Taco Trucks, Teacher Talks, High School Hugs, and Bullriding
Everybody loves taco trucks and ice cream bikes, right?You get great snacks right where you want them--outside the bars, in parks, next to your work places, on the bike paths, at the soccer games.Plus...
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Farm-to-Table, a Change of L'Attitude, and Enigmatic Anti-Semitism
Get ready for a new farm-to-table restaurant opening up in Marquette later this summer.It'll be called The Marq and it'll be located in the space that the much-loved but short-lived Rubaiyat occupied a...
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Hospital Update, Co-op vs Econo, and Motley Fools Bash Cliffs
Here's the unofficial, official update on the relocation of Marquette General Hospital.It's down to three locations: 1)the southern half of the Heritage course at the Marquette Golf Club. 2)the...
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Asian Cuisine, Catholic Dissension, Boathouse Controversy, Forest Service...
We've now got a Mexican restaurant downtown. Also German, Irish and Cajun.Art and Amy Thammasiri think it's about time we got an Asian restaurant, as well. They're the owners of the Thai House on...
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Mining Journal Legal Threat, TV Ratings, Co-op's New Tenants, and Yooper Wine
David versus Goliath. New media versus old media. Marquette Social Scene versus the Mining Journal.A classic battle is brewing here in Marquette. Or maybe it's more of a skirmish.In any case, it's got...
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Hospital Location, Recall Campaign, UP Culinary School, and Mining Journal...
So now Duke LifePoint is down to the nitty-gritty of wheeling and dealing with the city, the township and the property owners over the future location of Marquette General Hospital.It's been down to...
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Hospitals and Helicopters, Tax Tribunals, Liquor Licenses, and Demanding Diners
IF YOU'RE ROOTING for the city of Marquette to get the new Marquette General Hospital, you can't like this: a Duke LifePoint helicopter was observed last week conducting an aerial survey of the...
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Cliffs Shake-up, Schneider Break-up, and a Surprising Website Breakdown
CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES is preparing for a potentially nasty and climactic shareholders meeting and vote on July 29th.Casablanca Capital, the activist hedge fund which owns about 5% of Cliffs, is...
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Hospital Anticipation, Truck Route Compromise and Hiawatha's Empty Seats
THE DECISION IS is getting close.Duke LifePoint has been dealing directly with the city of Marquette and Marquette Township for the last couple of weeks regarding the three possible sites for the new...
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Cliffs Coup, Duke's Dollars, Brown's Search, and Lorinsers'"Vacation"
NO COMMENT. That's the official word coming out of Cliffs Natural Resources following the apparent...and shocking...takeover of the Cliffs board by Casablanca Capital, the activist hedge fund, on...
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TV6 Co-Anchor, Right-to-Farm, Fitness Craze, and Rainwater Toilets
STEVE ASPLUND AND Greg Trick will soon have a female co-anchor sitting across from them at the TV6 anchor desk.Her name is Sophie Erber, fresh out of a Masters program at the University of South...
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B and B News, Upfront Interest, Hospital Guessing, and Eccletico Encores
IT'S NOT A sure thing yet, but it's getting there.The long awaited Nestledown Bed and Breakfast on Lakeshore Boulevard, across from Picnic Rocks, may be just a few weeks away from groundbreaking.Ken...
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Golf Course Is Out, Coast Guard Is Out to Lunch, and Huron Earth Deli Will...
LOOKS LIKE WE can cross one of Duke LifePoint's options off the list.The Marquette Golf Club Board Wednesday morning voted to cut off all negotiations with DLP regarding a possible location for the new...
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