30 years ago NEWBERRY – Newberry contractor Howard Bawks couldn’t bear to watch local officials squabble over money while a park construction project teetered in the balance. So the 73-year-old revved up his backhoe and crane and began a unique donation of time and equipment. Thus far, ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — Plans to build the world’s largest sauna at Marquette’s Lower Harbor Park were outlined in a FinnFest USA Committee presentation to the city commission Monday night. Television personality Carl Pellonpaa, president of the committee, provided an overview of the ...

30 years ago ISHPEMING – Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. will close its century-old maintenance shops in Ishpeming on Dec. 31, after the company and the United Steelworkers of America failed to reach accord on a sale to a third party. A total of 65 employees, 55 hourly and ten salaried, will be ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — Three Upper Peninsula school systems and two other intermediate school districts will participate over the next 18 months in a program offered by Ameritech to provide enhanced access to the Internet. Ameritech will provide reduced Internet-access rates and fund a ...

30 years ago NEGAUNEE – Project Newborn has been chosen as one of “Michigan’s Best!” by the Michigan Association of School Boards. The program, a collaborative effort of the Ishpeming, Negaunee, NICE, Republic-Michigamme, Powell Township and Marquette school districts, was chosen as ...

30 years ago HANCOCK – Five residents could face disorderly conduct charges after stripping and dancing to accordion music in the early morning hours at a laundromat. Hancock police were called to the Washtub Laundromat just after 3 a.m. Saturday to investigate a call claiming a nude man ...