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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette moved a step closer to filtered drinking water Monday, when city commissioners approved a $3.5 million contract for what will become the largest microfiltration plant of its kind in the nation. The total cost for the project is expected to be $6.7 million. Marquette City officials have accepted an innovative design that was recently lauded by the Michigan Chapter of the American Water Works Association. Microfiltration, a less expensive process than conventional chemical filtration, has never before been used in the Midwest or with water as cold as ...

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30 years ago REPUBLIC – Supporters of the Upper Peninsula-based Navy communications system known as Project ELF have won their second battle this year to keep it in the federal budget. Congressional negotiators settling differences between House and Senate versions of a 1996 defense spending bill have agreed to drop a provision that would have scrapped the $14 million-a-year system near Republic. The turnaround, a repeat of events that saw ELF eliminated in March but restored in April, means the system will live for at least another year. “They’ll have the votes to keep ELF ...

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30 years ago BERGLAND – Archaeologists excavating a historic copper mine in Ontonagon County this summer unearthed what they believe are the only two examples of an early Cornish mining device ever found in North America. Ottawa National Forest and Michigan Tech University archaeologists found two large wooden structures, called buddles, at the Norwich Mine, located 14 miles from Bergland. The devices were used to settle copper from flushed sediments. “This is distinctly a Cornish feature,” said MTU Industrial archaeology Professor David Landon. “They were used for a while very ...

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30 Years ago UPPER PENINSULA – Michigan environmental groups Thursday went to court seeking protection for pristine Lake Superior from toxic pollution, saying Gov. John Engler has refused to take the step himself. The suit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. asks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate the lake as an “outstanding natural resource water.” The suit was filed by the National Wildlife Federation, its Michigan affiliate, the Michigan United Conservation Clubs and Great Lakes United. The designation sought in the suit would mean an indefinite ...

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30 years ago EWEN – Voters in the Ewen-Trout Creek School District have agreed to fund a new school building to replace three aging facilities. By a 736-693 count, residents said yes to a new school. It will house the district’s 540 K-12 students. Voter turnout was an estimated 65 percent. “We’re very pleased,” said District Superintendent Ray Rigoni of the 43-vote approval. “But we’ve got a lot of work ahead of us.” The district was asking for $8.655 million for construction of the new facility. Plans are to stretch the debt over a 35-year period and use the School Bond ...

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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 affected. According to CCI President Frank S. Forsythe, “Sale of the property with Steelworker participation would have been a much better alternative for all parties, particularly employees affected by layoff.” “It is very disappointing,” said Harry Lester, director of the USWA in Michigan. ...