30 years ago

MUNISING — Participants in a Forest Service workshop in Munising said they’re ready for officials to begin various projects related to the Grand Island Management Plan. The foresters plan to spend $80,000 on routine maintenance and $55,000 on improvements from now until the fall. Part of the work would go to fixing an impassable bridge at the end of the island, hire a ranger, designate a road system, remove hazardous materials, stabilize historic buildings, and convert a garage into a temporary visitor’s center. The public seem to be split in opinion on moving forward, one resident is concerned about accessibility for the elderly, handicapped, hunters, and others who are not physically capable to reach the park.

60 years ago

ISHPEMING — After an extensive investigation by local police officers and an FBI agent, four Ishpeming youth were arrested for the theft of copper communications wire from a railroad. The robbery was made on the lines between Ishpeming and Negaunee, used solely for the controlling of movement of the Chicago and North Western transportation system. The four suspects were arrested while driving, officers assumed they had alcohol in the vehicle, but they instead found half of the 400 pounds of missing wire. One member of the guilty party, a seventeen-year-old youth, was fined $10 and $5.10 in court costs and is awaiting sentencing.