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Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago MARQUETTE — It was March in the Upper Peninsula. Ten deer weakened from weeks of bitter cold and belly-deep snow finally found refuge on some railroad tracks. But their safety was short lived. Stressed from one of the most severe winters of the century, the deer refused to jump back into the snow and were run down by a train. The deer were so stressed that their reaction and senses were altered, causing them to run in fear down the tracks rather than respond to the dance of the train. The deer were among hundreds of thousands of white tails that experts estimate died ...

Smoke on the water?

Mickulich to hit century mark

Durants mark 50 years

MARQUETTE – Reggie and Lyn Durant celebrated 50 years of marriage on Friday. The couple first met on Third Street in 1975 while Lyn was working at the old Marquette Bakery and Reggie was traveling selling beauty supplies for the shop next door (located at the now Bodega). They were married ...

Urology pearls

It’s a moonless night. The roads are wet and slippery. A car accident along the highway results in two drivers being severely injured. They are rushed to a trauma center in a nearby hospital. The doctors in the emergency department are called into action. They take vitals, assess the ...

Program on caregiving coming up

MARQUETTE — The Cedar Tree Institute, in collaboration with The Coming Home Project, is offering a free public presentation, "What Love Says: Caregiving in a Time of Serious Illness," at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Messiah Lutheran Church, 305 W. Magnetic St., Marquette. The presentation is part of a series offered focusing on hospice and palliative care. The presentation will feature Larry Skendzel, MD, medical director and program director for Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship at Gundersen Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Skendzel will discuss caregiving, serious illness, ...