EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago ISHPEMING — The NICE school board ended more than 14 months of negotiations when it approved a three-year contract with teachers Monday. NICE Superintendent William ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Herb Grenke became the dean of coaches in the illustrious history of Northern Michigan University football Saturday afternoon. A history which features ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago GWINN — The flouridation dispute in Forsyth Township has been delayed while township officials take care of more pressing matters, the supervisor said. ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — A local engineering firm won the bid to design a new $3.6 million public works facility Monday for the city of Marquette, despite a ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago SANDS TOWNSHIP — The air was filled with familiar aromas — pasties, chickens roasting on the spit, nachos, Italian sausage — while squeals of fright ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago NEGAUNEE — Victories in all three tennis doubles matches — including the final bout of the day — gave the host Negaunee Miners a 4-3 girls dual meet ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE – Students in two summer school English classes in Marquette explored their city’s heritage, created a book of biographical sketches and ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — The competition can be tough, but many runners who enter the Marquette Superior 10 race do it just for fun. That’s what Joan Rundman of ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Donckers Candies may yet celebrate its centennial. Fred Donckers, brother of former owner Frank Donckers Jr., plans to reopen the Washington ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Most people remember the late nurse Elba Lila Morse as co-founder of Bay Cliff Health Camp and the driving force behind establishment of ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE—Most people remember the late nurse Elba Lila Morse as co-founder of Bay Cliff Health Camp and the driving force behind establishment of health ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Students wanting cigarettes must now go off campus to buy them. As of June 30, all cigarette vending machines have been removed. “We’ve ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago CHAMPION — “Pasties” and chainsaws filled the air Saturday at the first Da Yoopers International Chainsaw and Pasty Throwing Competition at the ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — City officials got more than they bargained for while paving the Jackson Cut Alley in downtown Marquette. Seven underground storage tanks were ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago ESCANABA — Great Lakes Airlines has stepped in to replace another route being dropped by American Eagle. The Iowa-based airline on Monday announced it ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago NEGAUNEE—Free food will be distributed to the 1,800 striking miners and their families beginning at 11 a.m. today. The food will be handed out at Ronn ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago GULLIVER—What looked like the highest gas prices in the Upper Peninsula turned out to be a ruse to keep potential customers at bay. The state Department ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE—Bonnie Teliin was promoted to vice president/trust officer at First of America Bank. Teliin, who began her career with the bank eight years ago, ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MUNISING—The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has opened a part-time office at the First National Bank in Munising. The office will be open Fridays for meetings ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago COVINGTON — A Skandia man was forced to land his plane on a deserted highway Sunday night when the single-engined aircraft apparently ran out of fuel, ...