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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Two Amendments attached to “renaissance zone” legislation signed into law Wednesday may increase the chances for tax-relief zone in the Upper Peninsula. The legislation signed by Gov. John Engler calls for a maximum of six urban and four rural zones for up to 15 years. The zones eliminate most state and local taxes, except the state sales tax and local bonds. 90 YEARS AGO MARQUETTE – Marquette county crops, as a whole, although not a total loss, will bring the smallest return in many years as a result of the prolonged drought and accompanying intense ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – The Marquette County Board has committed itself to a multi-million dollar deal to bring American Eagle Corps maintenance facility to Sawyer. The vote came just two weeks after commissioners declined to guarantee nearly 4 million in financial incentives the airline wants for moving the facility to the former air force base. The facility which employs about 180 workers currently is located at Marquette County Airport in Marquette Township. The company has said the move could add up to 80 jobs. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – Northern Michigan University ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – The Marquette Community Foundation handed out $60,991 in grants during 1995, a press release on the organization’s annual report said. A 2,000 grant went to the Marquette Rotary West Foundation and benefited the community playground at the Mattson Lower Harbor Park. Other recipients included Marquette/Alger Young Authors, Superior String Alliance, Northern Lights Youth for Christ and a variety of other local groups that requested a grant. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – Northern Michigan University’s record summer enrollment of 1,890 students includes ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette County will study how much it would cost to pay probate court workers for being on call at night and on the weekends. The in-house review was ordered by the Marquette County Board’s Committee of the Whole Tuesday after four unionized probation officers and two non-union supervisors asked for compensation. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – Unemployment in the eastern half of Marquette County was up slightly in June over May totals, but was much lower than in June last year. According to Frank B. Paitl, manager of the Michigan Employment Security ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE — The federal government will not interfere in the internal politics of Indian tribes, a U.S. attorney said Tuesday in response to a tribe’s demand for federal law enforcement. “The ongoing controversy at the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is an intra-tribal dispute that in the first instance must be resolved by the tribe itself,” U.S. Attorney Michael Detmer said in a written response to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the tribe. 90 years ago MARQUETTE — Railroad locomotives in Marquette County will take part in a western train chorus of 18,000 whistles ...

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30 years ago NEGAUNEE — Negaunee police officer Ted Raymond sees the world a little more clearly from the seat of his bicycle. And that suits him just fine. Negaunee welcomes their first pedaling patrolman and he is the city’s first bicycle cop. Police chief Paul Waters said the bike patrol is the latest component of a policing policy that emphasizes community relations rather than arrests. He said his department will assess the bike patrol program later this year to see whether more officers will switch from four wheels to two. 60 years ago MARQUETTE — U.S. Weather Bureau ...