30 years ago MARQUETTE — Although Lake Superior iron ore shipping declined this season, production was up in Marquette County mines, officials said. The Superior shipping season ends at midnight today when the Sault Ste. Marie locks officially close for the winter. This season some 6.8 ...

30 years ago MARQUETT E — New City Manager Gerald R. Peterson got a true taste of the Upper Peninsula his first week on the job. Some 15 inches of snow blanketed the city Sunday through Tuesday, and his first public meeting was about ice. Peterson, who hails from McHenry, Ill., jumped ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — The year 1996 marks the 150th anniversary of the Mining Journal, the oldest and most established newspaper in the Upper Peninsula. The Journal begins celebrating its sesquicentennial with a “Page from the Past,” the first of 52 weekly glances at historical U.P. ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – More than 74 inches of snow have fallen already this season, setting the stage for downhill and cross-country skiers. “It’s been an excellent season. Mother Nature sure has been cooperating,” said Bob Epps, lift manager at Marquette Mountain. The Marquette ski ...

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 ...