30 years ago

MARQUETTE — A semi-tractor trailer filled with leachate from the Marquette County Landfill turned on its side near the Carp River early Saturday afternoon, spilling foul smelling but nontoxic liquid onto the roadway’s shoulder and ditch. Driver George LaFave of Marquette said that when he crested a small hill, a snowmobile groomer in the roadway in front of him prevented him from passing. The rig is owned by U.P. Environmental of Bark River. The mishap took place at about 12:20 p.m. on Marquette County Road NP, less than one mile from the landfill in Sands Township. Trail groomer driver Mark Hill 35, of Negaunee, said he didn’t see the rid coming down the hill. The tractor-trailer sustained a small amount of damage, it was hauling about 6,000 gallons of leachate to the Sawyer Air Force Base wastewater treatment facility. The spillage, which had frozen near the truch, was to be collected as ice and returned to the landfill.

60 years ago

NEGAUNEE — Business was good yesterday at the police station, officers noting an immediate response to letters mailed Tuesday to motorists who have failed to appear as a result of tickets issued for parking meter violations. Following a check of tickets which had accumulated as a result of violations in December and January, Chief Ralph Carlson decided to send letters to those who had failed to comply with provisions of the municipal parking ordinance. Holding a stack of tickets in one hand and a roll of bills encased by a $10 bill in the other, the chief commented: “Those letters seem to have had the desired effect, and we’re doing pretty well today.”