30 years ago ISHPEMING – Skully, a friendly skeleton, will be used to encourage youthful interest in the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum in Ishpeming. Greg Speirs of Bronxville, N.Y. who was a designer for the legendary rock group “The Grateful Dead has donated a logo the ski ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette General Hospital will have its 17th annual Halloween Blood Drive starting today and ending Oct. 31. The goal for this year is 600 units of blood either donated or pledged to donate. Everyone who donates or pledges to donate will receive a free coupon for a ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – Members of the Marquette Korean Karate club, Northern lights Cuong Nhu, and Marquette Taekwondo clubs will join together in a “kickathon” to raise money for area Drug Abuse resistance Education programs at the Bothwell Middle School gym from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – A survey by the Marquette Country team Voice project at the Marquette County Sheriff’s Department indicates it’s harder for underage drinkers to buy alcohol in Marquette County than it was several years ago. In February 1993, an MCTV study found that underage ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – Little rain fell last month. The average temperature for September was 54 degrees, only one tenth of a degree below normal, according to climatological data released by the national station in Negaunee Township. The highest temperature for the month was 83 degrees ...

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. ...