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Superiorland Yesterdays

60 years ago 
NEGAUNEE — Acting on recommendation of G. Arntzen & Co., Escanaba, school district architects, the Negaunee Board of Education, at a special meeting yesterday, awarded the contract for installation of a new basketball playing floor at Memorial Gymnasium to Bauer-Foster Floors, Inc., Detroit. At the regular meeting of the board earlier this week, the Detroit firm, which was the only bidder, submitted a quotation of $17,320; and the board referred the bid to the architect for study and recommendation, before approving the bid. The project will include necessary ...

Today in History: August 8, devastating Maui wildfires

Today in History: August 8, devastating Maui wildfires By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Aug. 8, the 220th day of 2026. There are 145 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 8, 2023, a series of wind-driven wildfires broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui, destroying ...

Integration Ensemble to perform locally

ESCANABA – Bay College invites the community to an unforgettable performance by Integration Ensemble at 7 p.m. (ET) Thursday, Aug. 27, in the Bay College Besse Center Theater in Escanaba. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Integration Ensemble, led by acclaimed sitarist and guitarist Will Marsh, ...

Local play review

What? A musical based on the happenings of Sept. 11, 2001? How is that even possible? "Come From Away" takes us into the heart of the remarkably true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness ...

Wetmore native participates in world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Petty Officer 2nd Class Logan Borchert, a native of Wetmore in Alger County, serves aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, a U.S. Navy warship participating in the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise in and around the Hawaiian Islands. Borchert graduated from Gladstone High ...