30 years ago MARQUETTE — The average rural response time to a medical emergency is 11 minutes nationwide, compared to an average of four minutes in a metropolitan area. In some cases in the Upper Peninsula, it can take hours for help to arrive at the scene of an accident. But that may change ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago HOUGHTON — Isle Royale National Park hosted a record number of visitors in 1994, said park superintendent Douglas Barnard. Some 18,725 people used ferry, seaplane or ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — A group calling for the reorganization of the Marquette General Hospital Board of Trustees is now focusing on specific individuals, accusing the facility of nepotism. In written materials handed out and reviewed at a public meeting in Marquette Monday, members of ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — The creation of a new village at Sawyer Air Force Base after the military departs is one of three options being considered by the base conversion ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago HANCOCK — Radio station WMPL/WZRK in Hancock will increase its signal strength after the first of the year. The station will jump to 25,000 watts, making it the first ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — Pediatricians with Marquette General Hospital expressed relief after meeting with hospital administration Thursday about the proposed “relocation” of twochildren’s treatment units. But the meeting still drew fire from MGH critics. “It was the first time all ...