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

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — Low-income families are getting help with medical insurance. The Caring Program for Children provides basic and preventative care services to uninsured low-income children. The non-profit program, sponsored by Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Michigan, the state, and the Michigan Health Care Education and Research Foundation, covers 4,000 children statewide. The program was recently boosted with a $250,000 grant from the Skillman Foundation.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — The $102,000 in federal aid project to improve commercial fishing in Lake Superior will seek new and expanded use for herring, smelt, chubs and other lake fishes, as well as explore ways to lengthen the lake fishing seasons and this increase fisheries income. The project calls for extension of fishing beyond current glut periods, improvements in methods of fish handling and storing aboard fishing boats, and an improvement to marketing and expansion of consumer use of herring and smelt products.