EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette.

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — For the first time, graduate students in the Upper Peninsula will be able to complete a doctor’s degree from Northern Michigan University as the result of a joint agreement between NMU and Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. The co-agreement will provide for instruction and advisement services to graduate students, allowing them to complete a doctor of education degree in educational leadership, said Northern officials. The Northern-Western educational pact is scheduled to be formally announced Thursday when officials from both universities meet at Northern to sign the agreement, said WMU officials.

90 years ago

MARQUETTE — Reports to James P. Corgan, warden of the Marquette Branch Prison, where a riot recently occurred, that additional weapons were concealed about the prison caused guards and officers yesterday to continue their search, and when the work was completed, two knives, a key made to fit a cell door and five hacksaw blades were found in a tunnel.