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30 years ago
MARQUETTE - Two Amendments attached to "renaissance zone" legislation signed into law Wednesday may increase the chances for tax-relief zone in the Upper Peninsula. The legislation signed by Gov. John Engler calls for a maximum of six urban and four rural zones for up to 15 years. The zones eliminate most state and local taxes, except the state sales tax and local bonds.
90 YEARS AGO
MARQUETTE - Marquette county crops, as a whole, although not a total loss, will bring the smallest return in many years as a result of the prolonged drought and accompanying intense heat wave, L. R. Walker, county agriculture agent, predicted yesterday after a survey of farms in the county. The only crop that has withstood the twin disasters-the drought and heat-comparatively well is potatoes he said.