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30 years ago MARQUETTE – John Lehtinen is here at the Olympics. But he’s praying that nobody sees him. He is the head physician for the United States Olympic Team. Back home in Marquette, Lehtinen has a family practice where he oversees a staff that includes 10 physicians and 32 trainers. Lehtinen is not an Olympic rookie, having been a part of the medical staff of the 1992 Games in Barcelona. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette’s workable program for federally supported community improvement projects has been recertified for another year. George R. Howell, the city’s urban ...

Bald eagle success story faces new threats

MARQUETTE — The number of bald eagles in Michigan is declining, and funding delays aren’t helping the cause.  Researchers who have spent decades climbing trees, banding eaglets and monitoring nests say something unusual is happening this year. Field crews working with long-term ...

Tadych’s Marketplace Foods in IM to close in August

IRON MOUNTAIN — Tadych's Marketplace Foods, a grocery store that has been a fixture in Iron Mountain since 1987, will shut its doors by the end of August. Minnesota-based Coborn's Inc., which purchased the store at 1600 Stephenson Ave. in 2021, posted on the Marketplace Foods, Iron Mountain ...

Keranen responds to parade controversy

HOUGHTON — (Last week's) regular meeting of the Houghton County Board of Commissioners drew an animated crowd. Many came not to discuss items on the agenda but District 2 Commissioner Joel Keranen. Public comment was split between those calling for his resignation and those showing support. ...

Tickets on Sale today for A Night Under the Big Top

MARQUETTE — One Night. One Incredible Show. One Meaningful Cause. The Upper Peninsula Hospice Foundation has announced that tickets will go on sale for the general public today for its signature annual fundraiser, A Night Under the Big Top – presented by Dancing with Our Stars Marquette ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago MARQUETTE — Four students and two alumni of Northern Michigan University’s technical theater program are helping to run the show at the opening and closing ceremonies in Atlanta. Herb Garmen, Jim Keegan, Dan Kopera, Scott Madaski, Dave Still and Trina Suttle are working for the International Alliance of Technical State Employees Union in Atlanta. They were hired from a group of thousands when the call came for help at the Centennial Olympic Games. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – The lack of substantial rain during the latter part of June and to date during July has ...