EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago ISHPEMING — The late John D. Voelker is being inducted into the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wis. Voelker, an Ishpeming native who died in ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago ISHPEMING — Stroll through the parking lot of Saturday’s 108th Annual Ishpeming Ski Jumping Tournament and you’d swear you were attending a Carhart clothing ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — “Glacier Glide 1995: Art on the Ice” drew a record crowd at the Presque Isle outdoor exhibit put on by the Lake Superior Arts Association. At the event, Judge Mark Deloria tacked the blue ribbon to the winning fiber piece, “Northern Lights” by Betty Junnach. ...

30 years ago NATIONAL MINE — Firefighters this morning were continuing to battle a stubborn coal fire in a storage building at the Tilden Mine. The fire was discovered early Tuesday morning in a storage building containing a pile of several thousand tons of western coal, said Don Ryan, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago SKANDIA — Les Johnson, retiring chief of the Skandia-West Branch Fire Department, passed the gavel and congratulated newly elected chief Bob Goodwin. One of the ...

30 years ago ISHPEMING — Chick Coron just might know more secrets than anyone else in Ishpeming. It just seems that when someone sits down in Chick’s barbershop chair, he’s making a friend for life. Even after 47 years in the same barbershop, the Ishpeming native isn’t ready to ...