30 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette County’s job market has not been able to absorb all of the former civilian workers from Sawyer Air Force Base, forcing many to change careers, seek retraining, or move from the area, a Mining Journal study found. Only 28% (62) of the 223 civilian workers ...

30 years ago ESCANABA – Two legs of the U.P. 200 called off. Race organizers cancelled 112 miles of the 224 U.P. 200 Sled Dog Championship Saturday night for safety reasons. A shortened version of the race, which began in Marquette Friday night, will still end in Marquette today, with the ...

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 ...

30 years ago ISHPEMING – The Marquette County Road Commission will scale back the number of employees working overnight shifts and now collect interest on fees it charges townships for work to balance its 1996 budget. 60 years ago MARQUETTE — A Learning Resource Center scheduled to be ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE – The Upper Peninsula’s unemployment rate edged upward to 8 percent in December, .4 percent above the November rate of 7.6 percent. The December 1994 rate was 6.8 percent. However, the monthly declines were offset by job gains in general merchandise stores and ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE - The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will provide the financially strapped Marquette County Road Commission with a much needed financial boost. The gaming compact that all tribes signed with the state of Michigan in 1993, will allow for this. KBIC will give the road ...