30 years ago SAWYER AIR FORCE BASE — The last operational air force base at Sawyer will close a month earlier than originally planned. The early inactivation, says Col. Regner Rier, commander of the 410th Bomb Wing, will allow more people to witness the deactivation process. The 410th ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — The Marquette School Board passed a $25 million budget for the school year with $1 million of it in limbo, awaiting a Michigan Supreme Court decision. The court has established that the state cannot continue with its “pay as you go” approach to health benefits ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — Eleven corrections officers working at the Marquette Branch of the Michigan State Police were taken to the General Hospital after eating beans poisoned with oven cleaner. After detected in the food, the chemical mixture proved to be strong enough to turn a steel ...

30 years ago SAWYER AIR FORCE BASE — According to the Environmental Protection Agency, it will take $50 million dollars to clean up the widespread environmental contamination present at K.I. Sawyer, a project that would last until 2025. Despite the high prices and decades of work, these are ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — The Human Services Coordinating Body conducted a survey of 413 citizens and 136 key community leaders to understand some of Marquette’s key issues. Forty three percent of residents identified unemployment as their biggest concern, and thirty seven percent of ...

30 years ago June 21, 1995 — MARQUETTE- Carmen, a bear who enjoys foraging in the central Upper Peninsula forests, will don a new $7,000 GPS collar and will be tracked from space this summer. Michigan has between 6,000 and 10,000 bears, and Carmen will be the first globally tracked bear in ...