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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Around 200 guests of the Marquette Holiday Inn were evacuated early this morning when a small but smoky fire broke out in a commercial dryer, officials said. Towels that ignited caused the hotel’s first 2 floors to fill with smoke at about 2:15 a.m., said Lt. Dan Everson of the Marquette Fire Department. 90 years ago MARQUETTE - Marquette’s new steam plant will be able to burn natural gas as well as coal and oil because of a change order authorized by the Marquette Board of power and Light. The change order will add $46,153 to the contract awarded to ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s summer enrollment of nearly 1,900 students includes 373 students who are commuting from outside Marquette, Louis Myefski, NMU housing director reports. The total number of students living off campus, in housing other than university residence hall or apartments is 1,174. Off-campus students include 524 graduates and 650 undergraduates. 90 years ago MARQUETTE – Announcement of the sale of the Knights of Pythian Hall, on Third Street, to A.C. McKinnon, proprietor of the Northland Beauty Supply Company was made yesterday by ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette County’s crowded job market has not been able to absorb all of the former civilian workers from Sawyer Air Force Base, forcing many to change careers, seek retraining or move from the area, a Mining Journal study found. Only 28% (62) of the 223 civilian workers who sought state job retraining and referrals have found work locally, said Gwen Wood, chief of operations of the Michigan Works. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – Northern Michigan University will purchase the Birdseye Veneer CO. property and building west of Marquette County Road 550 and ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – John Lehtinen is here at the Olympics. But he’s praying that nobody sees him. He is the head physician for the United States Olympic Team. Back home in Marquette, Lehtinen has a family practice where he oversees a staff that includes 10 physicians and 32 trainers. Lehtinen is not an Olympic rookie, having been a part of the medical staff of the 1992 Games in Barcelona. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette’s workable program for federally supported community improvement projects has been recertified for another year. George R. Howell, the city’s urban ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE — Four students and two alumni of Northern Michigan University’s technical theater program are helping to run the show at the opening and closing ceremonies in Atlanta. Herb Garmen, Jim Keegan, Dan Kopera, Scott Madaski, Dave Still and Trina Suttle are working for the International Alliance of Technical State Employees Union in Atlanta. They were hired from a group of thousands when the call came for help at the Centennial Olympic Games. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – The lack of substantial rain during the latter part of June and to date during July has ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Two Amendments attached to “renaissance zone” legislation signed into law Wednesday may increase the chances for tax-relief zone in the Upper Peninsula. The legislation signed by Gov. John Engler calls for a maximum of six urban and four rural zones for up to 15 years. The zones eliminate most state and local taxes, except the state sales tax and local bonds. 90 YEARS AGO MARQUETTE – Marquette county crops, as a whole, although not a total loss, will bring the smallest return in many years as a result of the prolonged drought and accompanying intense ...