EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette.

30 years ago

CRYSTAL FALLS — Wendy Stanek of Crystal Falls is among 10 national winners to receive $10,000 each for successful efforts to improve American’s justice system. The Foundation for Improvement of Justice Inc. of Atlanta, Ga. Said that Stanek’s work led to the arrests of more than 20 people in the Iron County area. Stanek, a mother of six who was convinced that her son’s death in a 1988 wreck involved illegal drugs, voluntarily went undercover for a year to investigate local drug activity. Working often without police protection, she made numerous drug buys, many from friends and acquaintances she found involved in the drug culture, and today she remains courageous in the face of anonymous threats since her identity was revealed in court, according to the foundation.

90 years ago

MARQUETTE — Two more Marquette flyers were granted private pilot’s licenses when they passed examinations yesterday before C.F. de la Saux, of Milwaukee, department of commerce inspector who was in Escanaba. Those who were given “wings” were Richard Plow and Lou Carlson. Three others, two from Marquette, taking examinations for mechanics and transport licenses, and one from Menominee, seeking a private pilot’s license, failed. Bob O’Dell was unable to pass one examination in the tests for a transport license and another man failed to meet the department requirements for a mechanic’s license. Five persons from Detroit arrived here yesterday afternoon in a Ryan Monoplane, flown by Douglas Campbell, and left for the Huron Mountain Club. The plane landed on the Marquette Airport association field.