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Hospital Deadline, Golf Course Rejection, and Another Frigid Winter
 WELL, HERE IT is, the end of August, the supposed deadline for a decision on the relocation of Marquette General Hospital, so it should happen this week, right?Don't count on it, if the city's...
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MGH Is Counting Down, Eagle Mine Road Is Ever Widening, and a College...
TWO WEEKS, MAYBE less. That's when we'll have a deal for the new Marquette General Hospital. That's when all the courting and numbers-crunching and speculating will finally end.Two apparent candidates...
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Duke LifePoint Chooses Roundhouse
After a year of deliberations and negotiations, Duke LifePoint has made its decision. It wants to relocate Marquette General Hospital to the Roundhouse property in Marquette.A DLP executive will attend...
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A New Day for the Landmark Inn
WELL, THE RUMORS that have been leaking out over the past few weeks are true. The Landmark Inn is being sold.The principals in the deal haven't felt comfortable in confirming the rumors until now...
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Turmoil at Cliffs, Internet Cafe in a Bank, and a World Premiere in Marquette
THESE ARE TOUGH times for Cliffs Natural Resources but so far the local office is keeping quiet. Can't blame them. Who knows what lies ahead for them?Here's what's been happening recently for the...
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CVB Faces Dilemma, Boathouse Faces Possible Deadline, and ABC 10 Has a New Face
WANTED: DIRECTOR OF a tourism bureau in the upper Midwest in one of the most livable communities in the nation, on the shores of one of its most scenic lakes. Summer and winter tourism are growing...
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An Iconic Structure, a Dismal Rating, a Conflicted Candidate, and a World...
AN "ICONIC STRUCTURE." That's how Duke LifePoint describes the yet-to-be built Marquette General Hospital. Architecture buffs gotta love that.Right there on US 41, less than a mile from downtown...
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A Dental Chain with Questions, a Forum with Few Republicans, and a Haven for...
YOU MAY HAVE noticed that big hole next to the big  pile of dirt in the parking lot in front of the Westwood Mall on US 41.Nope, it's not gonna be an Olive Garden. (For some reason, that seems to be on...
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Marquette Displayed, Heavy Hitters Pitched, Rowers Relieved, and Liquor...
TOO BAD ABOUT the wet and blustery weather this week because Marquette is on display before 1000 of Michigan's movers and shakers.You may have noticed them on the streets and in the restaurants, bars...
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Democrats Are Depressed, Casperson Is Classy, Negaunee Is Spending, and...
A COUPLE OF months ago, Democrats were high on ousting incumbent Republican Dan Benishek in Michigan's First Congressional District.They were pouring money and staff into the U.P. and northern Lower...
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Restaurant Sale, Farm Sale, Costco Rumors, and TV News Changes
 BIG CHANGES ON the restaurant scene in Marquette. The latest? The Union Grill on US 41 has been sold to the owners of the Steinhaus, the German restaurant downtown. No, that doesn't mean the...
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Black Sludge, Expensive Energy, Cliffs' Layoffs, TV News, and Hematites' Glory
DRIVE BY THE Shiras Steam Plant and you'll notice a big hole in the ground just northwest of the plant. It's huge actually.Crews have been excavating it for the last month and have removed about 12,000...
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Wind Power, Toxic Chemicals, Tacos, Hot Dogs, Beacon House and Liquor on the...
ONE OF MICHIGAN'S most forward-thinking businessmen is moving to Marquette this month from his longtime home in Grand Rapids.His name is Richard VanderVeen. He's the guy who had those windmills erected...
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Vineyard Renamed, Ron's Reconsidered, Upfront Re-Viewed, Nutty Goat Replaces...
yTHE FORMER VINEYARD is soon to be Spirits.That'll be the new name of the party store just off of Grove Street and US-41. The new owner, Ed Jakubiszyn, a former health care worker who's made a sharp...
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Tequila, Toys, Tricky Tabulations, TV, Tap Rooms, and Twisting Arms
SALT OR NO salt?Sol Azteca, the Mexican restaurant overlooking the Lower Harbor, got the good news last week that, at long last, it will soon be able to serve margaritas...and Corona and anything else...
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A No-Holds-Barred Conversation About Our Hospital
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS week.Let's call it a candid conversation about our community's hospital, with the voices of people from the inside--employees who work at UP Health System Marquette, formerly...
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Exiles from LA and Chicago, High Tech and Low Tech Jobs, Unemployed...
THE DEAL TO sell the Landmark Inn, announced a few months ago, still hasn't been finalized but it's getting closer. The transfer of the liquor license and a few other minor details are all that need to...
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Newspaper Blues, Mesothelioma Risks, Unfair Airfares, Boathouse Battle, and...
HARD-CORE NEWSPAPER lovers in Marquette County are grieving.After December 28th, out-of-town newspapers will no longer be trucked up here, except on Sundays.Mader News Agency, the Green Bay newspaper...
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595 Revival, Hospital Feedback, Rahoi Settlement, Museum Collaboration, and...
COUNTY ROAD 595 ain't dead yet, not by a long shot.The Marquette County Road Commission is getting ready to sue the Environmental Protection Agency which rejected the proposed 595 cut-through in...
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