30 years ago ISHPEMING – A new film on the history of skiing in Michigan, including a segment on Ishpeming’s ski-jumping legacy, will air at 8 tonight on WNMU Public TV 13. In the 90-minute program titled “Winter Wonderland,” Traverse City based independent filmmaker Bill Jamerson ...

30 years ago MUNISING – Bright sunshine and light winds provided ideal weather conditions Monday afternoon to break up about 600 gallons of diesel fuel a Canadian tugboat accidentally dumped into Munising Bay. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bernie Tobolski said ground and air searches had ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE - U.S. Olympic Education Center (USOEC) short track speed skating coach Jeroen Otter is expecting records to fall this weekend during the U.S. Speed Skating traveling team trials at Northern Michigan University’s newly-renovated PEIF arena. “I wouldn’t be ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE - Bruce Pesola, local contractor, is looking to bring new life to the former Heritage House Hotel on North Front street. Now bustling with light and sound from renovators, the building is seeing its first visitors since its abandonment in 1982. If all goes well, this ...

30 years ago ISHPEMING - Two things have been saved by the longtime members of the Bethany Lutheran Church: a 110-year-old organ, and about $75,000. Church members have recently uncovered most of the original 1,015 pipes from the 1885 Schuelke Pipe Organ in the attic of the Church’s ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE - Couples have many unique strategies for tackling boredom: going to the movies, getting together with friends, or maybe having a game night. Gary and Joannie McGuffin, on the other hand, go on natural adventures. For their fifteen years of marriage, they have been ...