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Irish bound over
March 10, 2010
IRON MOUNTAIN — District Court Judge Christopher Ninomiya has bound over a Kingsford man charged with assault to do great bodily harm stemming from an incident on Iron Mountain’s east side last September.
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Island Resort & Casino plans major expansion
March 10, 2010
HARRIS — Island Resort & Casino officials have announced a $2 million project to expand and renovate the current convention cente.
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Prom dress swap at library
March 10, 2010
IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Library officials are having their first-ever prom dress swap this Saturday at the main branch of the library.
The event is free and the dresses are fre.
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Marquette homicide investigated
March 10, 2010
MARQUETTE — Two weeks after the shooting death of an Upper Peninsula gun shop owner, detectives continue to investigate tips.
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U.P. Hog Wild part of national BBQ tour
March 10, 2010
KINGSFORD — U.P. Hog Wild has been selected as one of 25 stops on the Kansas City Barbecue Society Great American BBQ Tour, officials announced.
U.P. Hog Wild is scheduled for July 16-17 at Lodal Park in Kingsford.
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Night of 1,000 Stars Thursday
March 10, 2010
KINGSFORD — Woodland Elementary School will be present the annual Night of 1,000 Stars on Thursday, March 11, at 6 p.m. at Woodland Elementary School.
Community “stars” read from their favorite childhood book.
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The greatest threats
Tue, March 9, 2010 @ 11:58AM
A Zogby poll asked this question: When you think about the long-term security and well-being of the U.S., which of these do you believe is a more serious threat? — The debt owed by the United States to China. — Terrorism from radical Islamists. — Neither. — Not sure. Overall, more than twice as many of the respondents (58 percent) chose the debt owed to China over terrorism from radical Islamists (27 percent). Seven percent said neither and 8 percent weren’t sure. Results were strikingly similar by party identification: Democrats, 57 percent said debt to China, 24 percent terrorism, 12 percent neither, and 8 percent not sure; Republicans, 61 percent debt to China, 32 percent terrorism, 2 percent neither, 4 percent not sure; independents, 59 percent debt to China, 28 percent terrorism, 5 percent neither, and 8 percent not sure. The results speak to the uneasiness everyone feels about the federal debt — $12.3 trillion and climbing.
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City Park tennis will miss Ruby
Thu, March 4, 2010 @ 6:24PM
City Park tennis won’t be the same. Ruby, a sweetheart of a yellow Lab that attended every tennis day with her owner Jack, left us in February. Ruby’s ritual was to sniff around the courts for a few minutes, head to the car for a nap and let out a few yips when she pleased. Ruby followed that routine except for one day this past summer. She got out of the car — door’s always open with water available — and planted herself on the tennis court. In dog lingo, she told Jack, John, Phyllis and Chuck, Cathy, Connie, Mary and yours truly that “you’ve played enough. You’re not playing that great. Let’s go home.” We all looked at other, agreed with Ruby and left City Park. Ruby, you’ll be missed ..
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Terri Castelaz
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9-1-1 adventure
Thu, March 4, 2010 @ 5:30PM
Tuesday evening, which started out to be like any typically week night, turned into being quit eventful and also a little embarrassing. I started supper with the help of my 15-month-old daughter, Tessa. Yes, she thinks she’s helping when she is taking out spatulas, wooden spoons, pans, or emptying out the dish towel drawer. Dinner was in the oven and we moved to the living room for her to play with something more age appropriate. Then came the big mistake, leaving her in the living room by herself while I checked on dinner. As I was shutting the oven door I could her the buttons on the telephone dialing so I raced in the other room and grabbed the phone from her hands. I quickly pressed off button, but it was too late the dialed number had gone through. Yes she did, she dialed 9-1-1.
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Ron Deuter
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Doesn't matter where you live
Tue, February 16, 2010 @ 10:36AM
My truck was one of the many vehicles entered and searched through in Iron Mountain on Sunday night. My own fault for leaving it unlocked, but I don’t keep anything valuable in there anyway. You want some loose change and a stock stereo, have at it. Best I could tell, nothing was missing from my truck. The only reason I noticed someone was in there was because of the footprints in the snow and the door was not shut all the way. Kind of funny how the would-be thief performed his crime during a moderate snowfall, thus leaving tracks from driveway to driveway. I suppose I could rant about the thie.
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Go see Shutter Island
Mon, March 1, 2010 @ 4:03PM
For those who want to watch a movie with a twist, I recommend you go and see Shutter Island. I went to this movie on Saturday and I have been left wondering what is the truth. This was not my typical movie choice, but a friend of mine chose it. She thought it would be scary. I have to say it was not scary. Don’t be afraid to go see it because you think it will be scary. Go see it because it will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what’s going to happen next. And what really happens at the end. I am still stumpe.
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Blaine Hyska
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Cultural changes
Wed, March 3, 2010 @ 2:39PM
Feeling old? Cultural changes make me feel even older. The Beloit College Mindset List, an annual study of cultural landmarks, emphasizes today’s generation gap. For today’s teens, rap music has always been mainstream, Mike Tyson has always been a felon, wars have always been broadcast live on TV, there has always been the Internet, flat-screen TVs, chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and the KGB never officially existed. The older sports fans recall the great matchup between Irvin “Magic” Johnson of Michigan State University, and Larry Bird of Indiana State University. Today’s youth new Johnson was HIV positive before they even heard he had played for the Los Angeles Lakers. Today’s youth have never known a world without cable TV, HBO or the Cartoon Network. And they’ve never had the pleasure of using a card catalog. Today, everyone’s all about texting and BFF acronyms. It’s a nightmare for non-texters.
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Marguerite Lanthier
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No more secrets
Fri, March 5, 2010 @ 4:59PM
Is nothing secret anymore? Apparently, in this age of the Internet, cell phones and Youtube, it’s even hard to be a secret assassin. According to a story recently published by the Associated Press, a group of disguised assassins with fake passports were accused of killing an operative in Dubai. The hit team got into the Persian Gulf city undetected, pulled off the highly complex killing, and escaped unscathed: mission accomplished, or so they must have thought. But then the photos on their doctored passports were released by Dubai police and published worldwide. So were their 26 aliases, more than half of which turned out to belong to real-life dual nationals living in Israel. This lead to backlash by some of Israel’s allies and speculation from experts that the days of secret operatives are done. ‘‘The last assassination of its kind,’’ said a headline in the Israeli daily Haaretz. I hope that's not the case for all those spies out ther.
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Linda Lobeck
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It was an adventure to remember
Wed, January 27, 2010 @ 3:37PM
Camp Batawagama has been in the news a lot over the past couple of months as Iron County officials have tried to create a new framework including creating a county department for the youth camp and setting a salary for the camp director. My feelings about this issue are rooted a little more deeply since I have only great memories of being at that camp when I was younger and spent two summers there. Until you have experienced Camp Batawagama, you can’t really understand the importance of having such a facility available in the Upper Peninsula. My older sister had already attended the camp and loved it. I was in the sixth grade and looking forward to my first real week away from home. From Gladstone to the camp, it seemed like it was a long trip to get there. But I remember the excitement of meeting other campers and attending the opening ceremony that first night.
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Theresa Peterson
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Go Ahead Psychoanalyze Me
Thu, February 25, 2010 @ 3:34PM
So I had this dream...I have lots of dreams, but this one is still pretty vivid in my mind so I'm wondering what I am supposed to learn from it. I'm in my house, but it's not the house I live in now, It's much bigger, two stories, several large rooms filled with my family, friends, dogs, cats and I'm trying to accomplish something. Not sure what is it, but I'm having many distractions. My nephew wants to play, my niece is trying to show me something and the animals are running around the house. I go upstairs towards my room and in the stairwell I notice a big hole in the wall that leads to the attic. When I look into the attic I realize a large portion of the roof is missing. I can see blue skies and white clouds, birds flying around and suddenly a squirrel jumps down from the attic and runs through the house chasing the dogs and cats.
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Nikki Younk
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"It only ends once..."
Thu, March 4, 2010 @ 3:24PM
I may be a relative newcomer to the hit ABC show “Lost,” but in less than a year, I’ve become a big fan. The show has multi-dimensional characters (and there certainly are a lot of them-something for everyone, I guess), believable dialogue, a complicated mythology (that has yet to be revealed), and a huge dose of suspense in every episode. All pluses in my book. After seeing the last half of season five as it aired last spring, I went back and watched every single episode in preparation for the big season six premiere on Feb. 2. All that “Lost” viewing transformed my interest into an obsession. I needed to know more... That’s how I got into spoilers. For some people, hearing spoilers about TV shows or movies can ruin their viewing experiences. It spoils the surprise. For me, spoilers only enhance my overall “Lost” experience. If I already know how something will turn out, I can concentrate on the other details. It’s a personal preference.
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