As summer is winding down, back to school is quickly approaching. If you’re a business in Marquette County, consider checking out the upcoming Fall Fest event happening at Northern Michigan University (NMU). If you have attended in the past, there are new procedures to ensure the safety of ...
MARQUETTE —Is your business updating its electronics and you’re not sure what to do with the items you no longer need? Are you an individual with a new computer who wants to make sure your old model is properly recycled? Comprenew is here — including an office and store in the Upper ...
Applications regarding a second round of grant funding for small Michigan businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 are now available with a deadline of Aug. 5. Through the Michigan Small Business Restart Program grant, $100 million will be dispersed to businesses throughout the state, with the Upper Peninsula receiving $4,545,455. This recovery grant was made available by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Funds were appropriated through the CARES Act and authorized by the Michigan Strategic Fund to be administered by 15 economic development organizations across the ...
MARQUETTE — Sometimes it pays to get up in the wee hours of the morning to enjoy a pastime. For Mike Laituri — who lives in Whitewater, Wisconsin but hails from Palmer and is a 1985 Negaunee High School graduate — getting up early on July 17 resulted in netting, literally, a ...
NEW YORK — Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet — not for work, but a recent hobby: figuring out how many of Amazon's 400,000 warehouse workers have fallen sick with the coronavirus. Amazon won’t give a number, so Jumpp tracks it on her own and shares what she ...
ESCANABA — Christopher M. Germain, of Escanaba, is a realtor with Premier Real Estate, Inc., president of the Upper Peninsula Association of Realtors and a captain with the Ford River Township Fire Department. He holds an Institute One Certification from Holloway’s Real Estate Institute. Mr. Germain is appointed to represent real estate brokers and salespersons for a term commencing July 17, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2021. He succeeds Sara Storch-Lipnitz who has resigned.
