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Fust, Irish promoted at firm

MARQUETTE — The firm of Makela, Toutant, Hill, Nardi & Katona, P.C. recently announced the following promotions: Charles A. Fust, CPA, has been promoted to Senior Auditor. Charles graduated magna cum laude from Northern Michigan University with bachelor’s degrees in accounting and ...

Van Buren promoted at mBANK

MARQUETTE — mBank has announced the promotion of Jamie Van Buren from marketing specialist to assistant vice president, marketing officer. Van Buren, a graduate of Northern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, joined the mBank team in April 2015. Over the past 5 ...

Morrison becomes paralegal

MARQUETTE — The law firm of Kendricks, Bordeau, Keefe, Seavoy & Larsen, P.C. announced that assistant Katelyn Morrison has successfully completed her paralegal studies and has become a certified paralegal. Morrison has been with the firm since 2016. She obtained her Bachelor of Science ...

Existing home sales rose in 2020 to highest in 14 years

WASHINGTON — Sales of existing homes rose 0.7% in December, pushing the entirety of 2020 to a pace not seen in 14 years and providing one of the few bright spots for a U.S. economy mired in a global pandemic. Rising sales in the final month of the year lifted activity to a seasonally ...

Chamber Chat: Still in this together after a challenging year

“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Back when the COVID pandemic took hold of our lives and businesses in March of 2020, I don’t think any of us foresaw how long we would be tested. Without a doubt it’s been one ...