Geology club to meet
FLORENCE, Wisc. — The Northwoods Geology Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Wild Rivers Interpretive Center in Florence, Wisconsin. Attendees should park in the lower parking lot and enter the back door. This month’s meeting will be member stories, show and tell, and planning for next year’s field trips. Tentatively this is the last meeting of 2026. If there is more happening, we will keep everyone posted. Check out our Facebook group, Northwoods Geology. Anyone interested in geology, mining history, environmental science and local mineral collecting is ...
100 years young!
MARQUETTE — Gloria Mae Gurlea, a lifelong daughter of the Upper Peninsula, will celebrated her 100th birth-day on Friday. Born in 1926, to Maurice and Katherine Connor, she grew up in the Gwinn area and graduated from Gwinn High School in 1944. In 1949, Gloria enlisted in the U.S. Navy and ...
Bay College seeks 2027 Distinguished Alumni nominations
ESCANABA & IRON MOUNTAIN — The Bay College Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the 2027 Distinguished Alumni of the Year award. Established in 1999 by the Bay College Alumni Association, the Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes graduates who have achieved professional success, ...
Superiorland Yesterdays
60 years ago GWINN — Four persons arrested by state police paid a total of $63.20 in fines and costs when arraigned before Justice Arthur Burkman at the Gwinn Town Hall. Raymond Presseau, Onaway, paid $15 for driving left of the center line causing an accident: Bernard Harase, Sawyer AFB, paid $14.40 for violation of the basic speed law; Earl Foress, Gwinn, paid $4.40 for allowing an unlicensed minor to drive and Michael Ridge, Sawyer Air Force Base, paid $29.40 for reckless driving. 90 years ago MARQUETTE — Held over by popular demand to one full week over its scheduled 5-day ...