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30 years ago

NEGAUNEE — Three children escaped injury late Friday night when fire swept through their upper-level apartment on Pioneer Avenue in Negaunee. The children, ages 9, 10 and 12, were home alone when the fire broke out at about 9:45 pm, said Negaunee Police Chief Paul Waters. “I turned on the siren and (the children) came down a couple seconds later,” said Negaunee police office D.A. Salbert. About 300 people watched as 30 firefighters attempted to control the blaze, which by 11 p.m. had engulfed the roof and attic area of the 100-year-old building.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — Marquette County’s Soil Conservation District will again sponsor a scholarship for the Teacher’s Conservation Scholarship School, district directors decided at their meeting this week. The school, a field seminar in resource use, will be held at Camp Shaw, Chatham. The Teachers’ Conservation Scholarship School is the outgrowth of a need for increased understanding in natural resource conservation.