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Negaunee city manager receives performance review

NEGAUNEE — Negaunee City Manager Nate Heffron received his regular performance review recently at a Negaunee City Council session. The performance review was conducted by third-party Harding Group L.L.C. Management Services, and sampled 10 city department heads, seven city council members ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

60 years ago MARQUETTE — Sales tax collection in Marquette County during July totaled $317,664.50, the Michigan Department of Revenue announced in its August bulletin. The figure was the highest of any of the Upper Peninsula’s 15 counties, Delta County was second with $188,647.99. In Marquette County, with population listed at 60,000, a breakdown of the major sources of tax revenues showed the following: returns, 893; building materials, $20,815; general merchandise, $26,380; food, $92, 877; automotive, $64,377; apparel, $12,458; furniture, $8,765; miscellaneous retail stores, ...

Marquette’s iron lungs

MARQUETTE — The last polio patient in the United States who used an iron lung, Martha Lillard, died in late June 2026 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. With her passing, a significant era of medical care came to an end. In the early 20th century, poliomyelitis, or polio, struck fear in parents around ...