EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago SAWYER — Just a few minutes before the US Air Force Thunderbirds were scheduled to touch down at Sawyer Thursday, a handful of spectators looked up and saw nothing. ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago PALMER — Mining operations have been halted in a small area of the Empire Mine because a natural form of asbestos has been unearthed. “Several specimens of waste ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years BIG BAY — Over 100 drag racers from all over the Upper Peninsula competed in eight classes during the inaugural mud drag event at the Big Bay Valley Mud Drag course ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago NATIONAL MINE — Although they didn’t win the National History Day competition in College Park, Md. This week, a busload of tired National Mine School students ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ISHPEMING — Ishpeming High School sustained severe flood damage when a water pipe broke over the weekend and roof drains flooded during Tuesday’s storm. “It’s been ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MANISTIQUE — Manistique Papers Inc. and Edison Sault Electric Co. still want to seal contaminated sediment at the bottom of the Manistique River instead of remove it. ...