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Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago ISHPEMING - It’s official: The state will erect a traffic light on U.S. Highway 41 at Lakeshore Drive this summer. The Michigan Department of Transportation notified the city Monday that a recent study of traffic at the intersection shows it warrants a traffic signal instead of the existing flashing light, City Manager John Korhonen said. The City Council asked for a traffic light because the number of businesses in the area has increased over the last year. ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

30 years ago HANCOCK - Between England and Japan, the Copper Country is but another unfamiliar place for sailor Hirohisa Tetsumura. The 57-year-old Japanese man, who is on the second leg of a voyage from England to his home country, docked his 34-foot craft Monday at Houghton County Marina. The journey began in spring 1992 when he set out for the Canary Islands from an English port. From there, he traveled to the Caribbean and back up along the east coast of the U.S. to Annapolis, Md., where he docked the boat last winter. “It was my dream to sail Hudson River,” he said. Following ...

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago DULUTH, Minn. - Contract talks between Marquette County mine workers and Cleveland Cliffs Inc., continued Friday and were expected to resume today, according to a union official. Dave Foster, district 33 director for the United Steelworkers of America, declined to comment on the negotiations, which involve about 1,800 steelworkers employed at the CCI-managed Tilden and Empire mines. A three-year contract between the union and CCI expires at midnight tonight. Both ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE - Lakeview Arena is getting a new roof. The Marquette City Commission voted unanimously Monday to award a $25,254 contract to Pellow Roofing of Marquette to replace the arena’s roof. The roof hasn’t been replaced since the building was constructed in 1974, City Manager Dale Iman told commissioners. Iman recommended the city approve the Pellow bid. Two other firms submitted bids on the project. Bell Roofing of Marquette bid $26,067 and Local Roofing, ...

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE - The final phase of the fountain restoration project in Harlow Park in Marquette will be completed Tuesday when a half-ton rock will be positioned in the center of the fountain and the fountain turned on. The project is coordinated by the American Legion post 44 of Marquette which “adopted” the park in the mid-1980s, said James Smith of the Marquette, co-chair of the Legion park committee. Using a $2,500 grant from the Shiras Institute and much ...

Yellow Dog River Bridge revisited

By ANN HILTON FISHER Marquette Regional History Center The Marquette Regional History Center recently received these photographs from the son of Gust Hill, an Ishpeming resident who died in 1980. Gust Hill’s son, Philip, told us that the photos, which are dated July 1923, show ...