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Third Street Marketplace celebrates grand opening

LAKE SUPERIOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP media release Marquette-Third Street Marketplace (3RDSTMP) and Pizza@Marquetteannounced its grand opening on Friday. The Lake Superior Community Partnership assisted with a ribbon cutting to mark the celebration at its location 1034 N. Third Street ...

Lots of indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?

CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — Inside a bright greenhouse about an hour outside Dallas, workers in hairnets and gloves place plugs of lettuce and other greens into small plastic containers — hundreds of thousands of them — that stack up to the ceiling. A few weeks later, once the vegetables grow to full size, they’ll be picked, packaged and shipped out to local shelves within 48 hours. This is Eden Green Technology, one of the latest crop of indoor farming companies seeking their fortunes with green factories meant to pump out harvests of fresh produce all year long. The company ...

Making space: KMI holds open house

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Who would have thought a few years ago that an orbital debris research and solution development company would be located in Marquette? Such a company, Kall Morris Inc., held a ribbon cutting and open house on Wednesday to show ...

LSCP Perspectives: Celebrating a new school year

You’ve surely noticed it: the surge in activity throughout Marquette County as families with K-12 children prepare for a new school year, college students return to Northern Michigan University, and career technical programs begin preparations for the next batch of students to fill vital ...

Working toward a childcare solution

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University President Brock Tessman today announced a new partnership that will guarantee NMU employees and students priority access to high-quality child care at a reduced rate. Ann Arbor-based provider Gretchen’s House, which operates 10 centers in the state, will open a facility with 35-40 available slots a few blocks from campus early in 2024. NMU will invest $250,000 annually to subsidize child care costs at Gretchen House for NMU employees and students. According to its website, Gretchen’s House has been providing child development programs for ...