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Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s declining enrollment isn’t as bad as it might seem, school officials told the Board of Control Friday. While enrollment dropped nearly 2.5 percent to 8,515 this fall, that figure is still 1 percent above the fall 1991 enrollment of 8,483. Board Chairman Leo F. Egan and NMU President William Vandament stressed it’s too soon to know whether the decline is the beginning of a trend or simply a one-year ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago HOUGHTON — Warning signs are being posted at the Houghton County Transfer Station because the structure has become a safety hazard, said Jackie Niemi, chairman on the county board of commissioners. The building, constructed in the late 1980s, sits above an old mine stope. The stope leaves a “bottomless pit” beneath the structure, causing the building’s foundation to sink, Niemi said. “We thought the shifting might stop … but apparently ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula wolf population has slowly grown to about 30 animals, according to a Department of Natural Resources survey. The survey, done last winter, showed about 30 wolves roaming the peninsula from the western edge at Ironwood to the eastern tip on Drummond Island, said Jim Hammill, DNR wildlife biologist in Crystal Falls. Hammill has been studying U.P. wolves for several years. “We have wolves spread out across the U.P., ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Increasing numbers of Marquette County drivers are buckling up, mirroring a statewide trend, according to the Michigan State Police. A September survey showed 81 percent of drivers and 89 percent of passengers were wearing seatbelts in Marquette County, the highest rate of compliance in the Upper Peninsula, said Sgt. Gary Taskila of the Traffic Services Division in Negaunee. The survey followed a month of increased seatbelt law enforcement and a ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago ESCANABA — Professionals in forestry and wildlife are exploring ways to strike a balance between deer herd management and forest management. How to benefit both resources will be the subject of a conference Thursday and Friday sponsored by the Michigan Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society. The group will look at interactions between forests and deer, and study the economic impact of balanced the resources. Specialists from the ...

Five lumberjacks perish in fire

By Rosemary Michelin and Beth Gruber Marquette Regional History Center Special to the Journal The Big Bay Cemetery contains 5 white crosses in a row, marking a tragedy that happened a century ago in 1923. In the 1920s, Big Bay was a small logging town that couldn’t supply all ...