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Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE – Dale Fritter of Marquette is the first student at Northern Michigan University to be awarded one of the nation’s most prestigious scholarships by the Harry S. Truman Foundation of Washington, D.C. Fritter, a native Californian who has made his home in the Upper Peninsula for the past five years, has been awarded a $30,000 scholarship by the Truman Foundation. A former Baraga resident, Fritter is majoring in social work. 60 years ago IRONWOOD ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 YEARS: MARQUETTE – Fire protection agreements for two adjacent townships have been approved by the Marquette City Commission and are awaiting ratification by the townships’ boards. City Manager Thomas R. McNabb observed that at a city commission meeting held Sept. 10, 1962, the commission took action authorizing the city attorney to draw up fire protection agreements for the townships served by the Marquette Fire Department. A basic retainer rate of $100 per month was ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago: ISHPEMING – The aquifer that provides drinking water for Ishpeming and Negaunee is continuing to drop and both cities are being warned to repair leaks in their system to avoid a crisis. The aquifer, similar to an underground river, has dropped some 17 feet since last summer including a foot in the last two months. The Negaunee-Ishpeming Water Authority has been buying 6 million gallons a month from Ishpeming Township for three months to ease the strain on the ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Libra IRON MOUNTAIN – Ford Airport’s federal entitlement funds may be in jeopardy if United Express fails to attract more passengers, but the introduction of larger planes could help solve the problem. At least 10,000 boardings are needed each year to enable the airport to qualify for the money, which totals up to $400,000 annually. Boardings at the county airport numbered 10,085 in 1992, rose to 11,724 in 1993, and declined to 10,562 in 1994, said William Marchetti, Dickinson ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago April 23, 1995 – MARQUETTE – Birdwatchers participating in a Marquette County sandhill crane count waited in the wetlands before dawn Saturday hoping to hear the large birds’ trumpeting calls echoing over the water. The census was the country’s first as part of a larger effort sponsored by the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wis. Twelve counters in seven groups were positioned at various locations waiting to record crane behavior, as well as document their presence or absence in likely habitats. “Being our first count, we were interested in finding the ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — A Bothwell Middle School student was on indefinite suspension today pending an investigation of a trash can fire in a school bathroom. According to Marquette Area Public School Superintendent William Bergin, smoke was detected in the school at about 8:05 a.m. Thursday. Students were evacuated from the building and the Marquette Fire Department was called. The fire, which was confined to a wastepaper basket, was quickly extinguished and students ...