30 years ago NEGAUNEE – Bastian Booger, a.k.a. Mike Shaw of Skandia, will headline a professional wrestling card here Friday night at Lakeview Memorial Gymnasium. Booger will challenged “Punisher” Rock Stevens for the North American Heavyweight Championship title belt. Four additional ...

30 years ago NEGAUNEE – A dream to build a motel-convention center and condominiums along the shores of Teal Lake was brought to the Negaunee City Council Thursday night by Ishpeming City Manager John Korhonen. Armed with an aerial map of the southwest shore of the lake, Korhonen told the ...

30 years ago May 14th, 1995 – MARQUETTE – A new book by Beverly Matherne, a noted Cajun poet and English professor at Northern Michigan University, will be released this month in New York City. The book, “La Grande Points,” is being released in a limited edition as a feature of ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – The Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society is looking for volunteers to participate in the Fourth Annual International Migratory Bird Day, May 13, by counting birds for local census efforts in either Marquette or Alger counties. Birdwatchers can volunteer to count ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – A diamond and opal gold pin designed by Thomas Kemp and Linda Wilson of Wattsson & Wattsson Jewelers Inc. won the new “Spectral Award” at the Michigan Jewelers Association 7th Annual Design Competition. The award is sponsored by Spectral Gems of Birmingham. ...

30 years ago ESCANABA – What once housed thousands of books will soon house a family. The Escanaba City Council has approved sale of the Carnegie Library for $63,813 to Paul and Marcia Neumeier of Gladstone. The Escanaba Public Library will leave the facility this fall and move to the new ...