MARQUETTE — The new UP Health System-Marquette campus is about five weeks from opening and the excitement over the new facility is growing. What sort of changes will the community see with the new hospital? “The biggest thing, I think everyone agrees, is how much easier patient and ...
MARQUETTE — Select Realty recently welcomed Beth Thiele to its team. Thiele became a licensed assistant to Andi Goriesky in February. She has been a member of the Marquette County community most her life, where she has involved herself in various activities and projects. She recently ...
MARQUETTE — Innovate Marquette SmartZone recently announced an expansion of its marketing team with the hire of Chad Leisenring as event coordinator. Leisenring, an Escanaba native, graduates from Northern Michigan University in May with a degree in mathematics and computer science. With a ...
The Greater Ishpeming-Negaunee Chamber of Commerce has launched www.visitthewestend.com, which is a visitor directory for the West End of Marquette County. With seed money from Eagle Mine, the project began development at the beginning of 2019 with the plan to be ready for the upcoming ...
NEW YORK — Many small and independent retailers who are holding Small Business Saturday shopping events Thanksgiving weekend are banding together with others, believing that there’s strength in numbers. Small Business Saturday, started in 2010 to encourage consumers to shop in their small ...
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK — Offers of training and stock in their new employer weren’t enough to keep four out of his five staffers when Dennis Chow sold his information technology firm in 2016. Chow and the buyers learned one of the hard lessons of a business ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ever since he stepped into his role as CEO a year ago, Dara Khosrowshahi has had to deal with wave after wave of major scandals and bad press, much of which he inherited from his predecessor, Travis Kalanick. About two weeks after Khosrowshahi started his job, London’s ...
Lake Superior Press marks 45 years Lake Superior Press is marking 45 years of business in Marquette, according to owner Tom Dubow, who founded the printing enterprise in the fall of 1973. The people at Lake Superior Press got off to a rocky start. Just as they were about to begin, so did a ...
In the past I have written about a typical day in the life of an economic developer. My point in that column was that there isn’t a typical day in economic development. Just as your business needs to be nimble and flexible to be successful, so do the services and resources we provide to ...
Filizetti appointed clinical director MARQUETTE — Lake Superior Life Care & Hospice recently announced Roxanne Filizetti has been appointed as the agency’s clinical director. Filizetti has worked with the agency since April, most recently serving as co-clinical director. She is a ...
MARQUETTE — The Lake Superior Community Partnership recently acquired a new data research tool. The EMSI Workforce Insight Tool can assist businesses in finding alumni of colleges and universities who have left the area, view specific profiles that match hiring criteria and see where ...
The Greater Ishpeming-Negaunee Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the next two dates of their ongoing Business After Hours series! On Sept. 12, Northwestern Mutual (Marquette) will host their Business After Hours event at Cognition Brewing Company (113 E. Canda St., Ishpeming) ...
NEW YORK — A tight labor market and a shrinking pool of talented workers make “I’m quitting” some of the most dreaded words a small business owner can hear. Staff turnover is a fact of life, but it’s particularly painful at small companies competing with larger businesses for ...
ISHPEMING — The 4th of July may be over, but the excitement doesn’t stop here! GINCC is rolling out events to keep you having fun and building connections all summer long. Coming up this Sunday, July 15, Water Warrior Island is hosting a GINCC Member Day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you ...
MARQUETTE — What a year it’s been for Yooper Shirts. They opened a new retail shop in Downtown Marquette — located at 503 N. Third St. — on May 26, 2017. The production continues in the Gossard Building location in Ishpeming. The warm welcoming they have received from their new ...
We opened The Marq in April 2015 with one goal in mind: to share our passion for fresh, local food with our beloved hometown community. How do we do it? It’s simple. We buy real food directly from people we know that grow, catch, or pick it. Why? Why hassle with the limited availability of ...
MARQUETTE — People across the nation are recognizing the importance of reading the ingredients list on their skin care and beauty products, as many products contain ingredients that can be harmful to our skin and the environment, or have been tested on animals. As people search for ...
We’ve talked in the past about a successful economic development strategy needing three main functions in its portfolio: - Attraction - Retention/Expansion - Start-Up As any good businessperson knows, it costs less to retain a customer than it does to attract a new one, and the ...
MARQUETTE — Jay Hillier, certified insurance counselor at VAST in Marquette, was recently recognized for professional leadership and advanced knowledge by the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors, a leading national insurance professional organization. Hillier was awarded a certificate ...
MARQUETTE — A $316,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Works for Small Business: Diverse Community Capital Program will help Northern Initiatives invest in diverse small business owners and entrepreneurs, according to a press release from the organization. It also brings Northern Initiatives ...