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Superiorland Yesterdays

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30 years ago MARQUETTE — The federal government will not interfere in the internal politics of Indian tribes, a U.S. attorney said Tuesday in response to a tribe’s demand for federal law enforcement. “The ongoing controversy at the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is an intra-tribal dispute that in the first instance must be resolved by the tribe itself,” U.S. Attorney Michael Detmer said in a written response to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the tribe. 90 years ago MARQUETTE — Railroad locomotives in Marquette County will take part in a western train chorus of 18,000 whistles ...

Negaunee City Band announces concert program

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NEGAUNEE — Director Lucas Wickstrom has chosen to celebrate the music of Leroy Anderson during this Wednesday’s (July 15) concert to be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Outdoor Performing Arts Center at the east end of Iron Street. The concert will also feature tuba player, Chris Adams, performing “Solo Pomposo.” The program begins with a Sousa march, “New York Hippodrome,” named after a famous old theater where Sousa’s band played their longest single engagement in 1915 and 1916. All other numbers are by composer Leroy Anderson, such as a medley which includes “Serenata,” ...

Anonymous donor establishes two endowment funds to preserve Calumet landmarks

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HANCOCK – Two of Calumet’s historic landmarks now have permanent sources of support thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor who has established the Copper Country Firefighters Memorial Museum Building Preservation Fund and the Calumet Theatre Building Preservation Fund at the Keweenaw Community Foundation.  The new endowment funds were created to help preserve the buildings that house the Copper Country Firefighters History Museum and the historic Calumet Theatre, ensuring these community-owned landmarks remain part of Calumet’s landscape for generations to come. These ...

NMU business growth drives new campus investment

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MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has secured $13 million in state funding toward a $23 million project to relocate its College of Business to a new addition in the Hedgcock Building. The move will take the college from the eastern edge of campus into a more visible and connected location, consolidating faculty offices, classrooms, labs, study areas and community space. With the College of Business growing 41% over the past two years, the project adds needed capacity for programs tied to business, cybersecurity and emerging workforce needs, giving students more direct access ...

Iron Ore Heritage Trail expansion strengthens Marquette County recreation

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MARQUETTE — Several projects are planned along the Iron Ore Heritage Trail this summer, including an extension of over four miles in Chocolay Township that will put the trail to just over 50 miles. The extension will improve the existing corridor from Kawbawgam Road to Lakenenland Sculpture Park with a crushed aggregate surface and a new parking area to improve access from the east end of the trail. Additional interpretive panels are also planned in Ishpeming and near the Barnes-Hecker Mine disaster site, adding to the trail’s role as both a recreation staple to the area and a ...

Nine U.P. businesses receive MEDC match on main funding for local growth

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MARQUETTE — Nine Upper Peninsula businesses are among 69 businesses statewide receiving support through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Match on Main program, which provides funding to help new and expanding small businesses grow in downtowns and commercial districts. U.P. recipients include businesses in Houghton (Center Ice Skate and Sport, Inc. and Armando's Inc.), Wakefield (Z's Hometown Market, LLC), Marquette (Kognisjon Bryggeri, LLC), Negaunee (The Negaunee Holdings LLC), L’Anse (Village Gift Store, LLC), Ironwood (UP-N-Smoke BBQ LLC), Escanaba (Nevaeh Salon ...