30 years ago NEGAUNEE — Negaunee police officer Ted Raymond sees the world a little more clearly from the seat of his bicycle. And that suits him just fine. Negaunee welcomes their first pedaling patrolman and he is the city’s first bicycle cop. Police chief Paul Waters said the bike ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — Shutting down a community institution is always difficult, but the owner of the Peninsula Roller Skating Rink in Marquette figures he just doesn’t have a choice. “The rink was originally profitable, but is now struggling to stay ahead,” Bill Helwig said. His ...

30 years ago GWINN– Some 300 Gwinn residents were evacuated from their homes Tuesday evening after a man told police he’d wired a bomb to explode in his downtown apartment. A state police bomb squad from Grayling entered the building at 111 North Pine Street at about 2:30 a.m. but did not ...

MARQUETTE — From 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, in the Peter White Public Library's Conference Room, the Books & Banter Book Group welcomes readers interested in a variety of contemporary fiction. Book discussions, on the first Wednesday of the month, will be led by PWPL Reference Desk ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — Although fewer high school students dropped out in the 1994-95 school year than the previous year statewide, most Superiorland schools reported dropout rates that were a fraction of the state average. Statewide, the dropout rate for the year fell to 5.2 percent from ...

30 years ago ISHPEMING — The fireworks are back. After a two-year absence, the Ishpeming Independence Day Inc.’s Fourth of July celebration will be capped with a pyrotechnics display. For two years, IID had a joint fireworks display with the planners of the Negaunee Pioneer Days ...