30 years ago WHITEFISH POINT - Nearly 100 relatives of the crewmen, friends, and dignitaries of the Edmund Fitzgerald crowded the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum for the 20th anniversary of the best known Great Lakes maritime disaster. The night began with a live performance of Gordon ...

30 years ago MUNISING - The Munising City Commission has voted to raise sewer rates to pay for the $2.2 million loan needed for mandated repairs by the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The city has been given a November 12 deadline to respond to five specific sewer system ...

30 years ago SHINGLETON - The state Department of Natural Resources will be selling a lake side camp in the Grand Sable State Forest. The complex, which includes a main lodge, cook house, carpenter shop, generator plant, bunk house, and over 600 feet of sandy shoreline, has been owned by the ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE - State wildlife biologists have reported that because of the mild winters and aggressive timber harvesting, the white tail deer population has risen to 900,000 in the U.P. John Hendrickson, state Department of Natural Resources regional wildlife biologist, estimates ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – A Marquette mother believes the Gift of Reading program has had a positive impact on her daughter. The woman, who asked not to be identified, said her 14-year-old daughter received several books last year including a mystery story. “My daughter really enjoyed the ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – Mike Springer was recently appointed to a two-year term on the board of directors of the Michigan Association of Computer-Related Technology Users in Learning. In his second year on the board, Springer is a tech-prep mathematics instructor at Marquette Area Public ...