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 ...

30 years ago ESCANABA — A passing motorist, Darryl Fudala, saved the life of an Escanaba driver, Jody Williams, by pulling him through the window of his burning car after colliding with a train. Williams does not remember how the accident occurred, but pieces of the story have been put ...

30 years ago MUNISING — Participants in a Forest Service workshop in Munising said they’re ready for officials to begin various projects related to the Grand Island Management Plan. The foresters plan to spend $80,000 on routine maintenance and $55,000 on improvements from now until the ...

30 years ago ISHPEMING — The NICE school district will be voting to approve a $9.8 million building millage budget this fall for a new K-8 school that will replace all existing buildings safe for Westwood High School. The new building plan was developed by a 31-member citizen committee that ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — The future of Michigan gambling is under fire, and many charity bingo games are worried they will be pushed out. Bingo attendance has dropped an 11% across the state from 1992-1994 which the organizers blame on the rise of casinos on indigenous land. Betty Pope, who ...