30 years ago ISHPEMING – Bethel Lutheran Church rose from the ashes of last summer’s fire and hosted services for its members Sunday. Renovation of the 108-year-old Ishpeming church is reportedly 86 percent complete following the June 21 blaze started by a lightning strike. More than 550 ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – Twenty groups from the Marquette County area decorated trees for the inaugural “Winter Wonderland Walk” holiday tree display at Peter White Public Library and Marquette County Historical Museum. During the open house at the library and museum on Dec. 3, several ...

30 years ago NEGAUNEE – You don’t often hear “Silent Night” sung in English, Swedish and Finnish simultaneously. And most folks don’t get to see St. Lucia pass around the saffron bread. Both holiday happenings were part of the recent “Pikku Joulu” (“Little Christmas” in ...

30 years ago ISHPEMING - Project Newborn Rock’n’Read recently brought books to preschool children at Birchview Elementary School in Ishpeming Tuesday. Ishpeming High School Key Club members Kate Kariniemi and Tricia Jackson read to Ishpeming preschoolers Kerri Myers, daughter of Tom and ...

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 ...