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Superiorland Yesterdays

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula labor leaders worry about the ramifications of a federal appeals court ruling that holds a Marquette union local responsible for helping start a 1989 riot in Minnesota. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals May 12 reversed a National Labor Relations Board Decision and found Marquette-based Ironworkers Local 783 “guilty of unfair labor practices….” “That judgment was certainly not fair,” said John LaVallee, whose local is ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago BARAGA — Negotiations are underway over who should pay state sales tax, if anyone, on goods purchased on the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Reservation. As a sovereign unit of government, KBIC is exempt from paying state and federal taxes. This causes some complications when non-tribal members purchase goods—from cigarettes to furniture to fireworks—from tribal businesses on the reservation. Apparently, the Michigan Department of Treasury would like KBIC to ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years MARQUETTE — Marquette’s school will face nearly $1 million in painful program cuts if voters turn down a request for 3 extra mills, the Marquette School Board warned Tuesday. “We’ve made cuts the past two years,” said Superintendent Bill Bergin. “We don’t have any fat left. The only thing we can do now is cut back on more programs.” Bergin presented a list of 19 programs that will be cut if voters turn down 3 enhancement mills for three years in the ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — More than half a million dollars in federal grant money will help Northern Michigan University train nurse practitioners to bring medical care to isolated rural areas in the Upper Peninsula. The three-year, $592,798 grant from the U.S, Department of Health and Human Services will help NMU’s College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences offer a master’s degree program in nursing and family health care. NMU’s College of Nursing and Allied Health ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming City Council tonight will discuss ways to acquire the old U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame. The council must soon decide whether to buy the building, foreclose on it, or wait until someone else buys it. Ski Hall officials used the building as collateral for a $60,000 city loan to construct the new hall of fame. The loan and more than $7,600 in interest and taxes are past due. Mayor James Tobin supports buying the building because it’s part ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years MARQUETTE — New computers at the Marquette County Courthouse are expected to replace many old file folders and ledger books, streamlining the exchange of information and increasing county employees’ productivity. The Marquette County Board, meeting as a committee of the whole Tuesday, agreed to spend about $48,000 over three years to approve the high-tech IBM system, tying together computer work stations at the Marquette County Jail, the county clerk’s office, ...