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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette will get a “dream” playground this spring when some 600 volunteers embark on a four-day construction festival. The Build-A-Dream play structure, pegged for Ellwood Mattson Lower Harbor Park, has been described as the “crown jewel of playgrounds,” by designers Robert Leathers & Associates. Come June 13, the official kick-off day of what organizer Judy Vonck calls a “four-day festival,” volunteers will erect the 10,000-square-foot, barrier free playground. “It’s going to be just like a barn raising,” Vonck said. “You don’t need ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – The largest hardware store in Marquette County is looking to expand and is considering a move from its current location in the Marquette Mall, according to a top corporate official. Menards, which moved into its present location in August 1992, has advertised locally for land proposals along U.S. 41, said Marv Prochaska, company vice president for real estate at the corporate headquarters in Eau Claire, Wis. “If we find the right piece of property, we’ll probably build one of our super stores,” Prochaska said. “We’re not on any particular time line, ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Additional funds for Peter White Public Library is included on a busy agenda for tonight’s meeting of the Marquette City Commission. The commission meets at 7 p.m. in commission chambers of city hall. The commissioners will consider a request from the Peter White Public Library Board to Place a ½-mill property tax levy request on the Aug. 6 primary for capital improvements to the library. The board also requested a commitment from the city to levy an additional 1-mill on property if the 6 ballot request is successful, for a total increase of 1.5 mills. The ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – There may still be snow on the ground, but the Red Cross is heating up for Red Cross Month this March. The local Red Cross is looking for those who want to take a break from shoveling and get into the swim and heat if it in the sixth annual American Red Cross Swim-A-Cross. This year any water activity is permitted! Swimming, water aerobics, hot tubbing—it all counts toward your pledges in this year’s local Red Cross Fundraiser. Area facilities participating include the Westwood, Ishpeming and Marquette high schools, the Holiday Inn, and NMU’s PEIF ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – The Artworks Gallery will feature the work of three Marquette artists in March. Roslyn Cooper, known for her use of chair imagery and contemporary style; Marcia Kavanaugh, whose black and white photos evoke nostalgic feelings; and Kim Winklemann, known for her thought provoking oil paintings of big game animals with be showing throughout the month, till March 30. The Artworks gallery is located at 118 W. Washington St., in the W&W Marketplace, above Wattsson and Wattsson Jewelers. Free parking is available in the public ramp behind the building. 60 years ...

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30 years MARQUETTE – Around 200 guests of the Marquette Holiday Inn were evacuated early this morning when a small but smoky fire broke out in a commercial dryer, officials said. Tolls that ignited caused the hotel’s first 2 floors to fill with smoke at about 2:15 a.m. said Lt. Dan Everson of the Marquette Fire Department. 90 years MARQUETTE — Marquette’s new steam plant will be able to burn natural gas as well as coal and oil because of a change order authorized by the Marquette Board of power and Light. The change order will add $46,153 to the contract awarded to Fuel ...