EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago ISHPEMING — A canoe rental business has opened near Ishpeming. Cope’s Canoe Livery and Gifts four miles west of Ishpeming on U.S. Highway 41 offers ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago GWINN — The Gwinn Area Business Association was recognized recently by the Michigan Education Association. The MEA presented a Friend of Education plaque ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — The Big Boy Restaurant in Marquette, previously owned by brothers Phil, Aaron and Larry Stein, has been sold to a new company, Upper Peninsula ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Knights of Columbus Marquette Council 689 and Harvey Council 6447 honored their founder, the Rev. Michael J. McGivney, by holding a second ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago ISHPEMING — With the Upper Peninsula prep tennis finals less than a week away, the Iron Mountain High School boys’ team won all four singles matches and ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Michigan Fair was recently opened at 114 W. Washington St. by owner Leslie White. The new store offers a wide variety of quality Michigan-made ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago WEST ISHPEMING — The boys’ and girls’ golf teams at Westwood High School are gaining steam at the appropriate time. With the Mid-Peninsula Conference ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago GWINN — It was shortly before noon when Nancy Burdick set her change purse on the bumper of her car at the Kountry Korner gas station in Gwinn while she ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago EBEN — Superior Central Schools sponsored two Science Olympiad teams during the 1989-1990 school year, both coached by Ann Aho. Members of the Varsity ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago DEERTON — Students and staff in the AuTrain-Onota school hoisted a banner proclaiming they’re “Proud to be tobacco free” today in anticipation of ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago ISHPEMING — Jane Ulrich of the Marquette County division of the American Heart Association awarded a trophy to the Bell Memorial Hospital team, the top ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Downwind Sports, Inc. at 514 N. Third St., owned by Nancy and Dennis Henderson of Marquette, has added a new department for technical rock ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago ISHPEMING — Being named citizen of the year by the Ishpeming Chamber of Commerce is a crowning honor for Carmen Waters, who’s spent a better part of her ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee Male Chorus will present its 60th anniversary Spring Concert at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at the Negaunee High School auditorium. The ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Like connoisseurs of fine wine, the judges swished water around and around in goblets, sniffing and sampling to test clarity and bouquet. And ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — The Summer Choral Society, directed by Floyd Slotterback, will present a concert version of the Bizet opera “Carmen” later this summer. ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago KIVA — The Kiva Klassic Krazy Shirt Fun Run and Walk starts with registration at 9 a.m. Saturday. Participants can walk or run one, three, five, or seven ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Employees at Marquette Mountain ski hill are working to prevent further erosion that threatens the Carp River while watching the sky for rain. ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Paulita Korby of Marquette was thrilled when she told her husband Darryl they had matched nine numbers and reaped $2,500 in the Michigan ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Whitetail deer, moose, bear, turkey, and lyme disease will be topics of discussion during the Upper Peninsula Deer Spectacular May 5-6 in ...