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Deadline Thursday for tickets to WIC Wall of Fame dinner

IRON RIVER — The West Iron County Wall of Fame will add four individuals and three teams for its Class of 2026. The induction ceremony honoring the Class of 2026 will be at George Young’s Recreational Complex on Saturday, Oct. 17, beginning with a social hour at 5 p.m. followed by a dinner and the program at 6 p.m. Deadline to purchase tickets is Thursday. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by contacting the high school officer at 906-265-5184 or by sending a check or money order payable to the West Iron County Wall of Fame, courtesy of Mike Berutti, 701 Nick Baumgartner Way, ...

Blues legend Primer coming to Marquette

MARQUETTE — Fans of Chicago blues will have a chance to see one of the genre’s legendary performers when John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band take the stage Saturday in Marquette. The Marquette Area Blues Society is presenting the award-winning guitarist and singer at Ore Dock Brewing ...

Rural townships squeezed in Michigan as money woes mount

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) WATERSMEET — It’s not the frigid winters of the western Upper Peninsula that scares New Jersey native Yvonne Clark. It’s not even the ...

IM man gets prison for sexual conduct with Menominee County minor

MENOMINEE — An Iron Mountain man has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a person under 13 years old. Blaine William Smeester, 28, was sentenced to eight to 15 years in prison Sept. 4 in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court ...

Driver charged in Mackinac Bridge crash that injures 4

MACKINAC COUNTY — Bond has been set for a seasonal worker accused of causing a two-vehicle crash on the Mackinac Bridge early Wednesday that injured four people, two seriously, and forced the bridge to be temporarily closed. Redane Smith, 28, of Jamaica, was arraigned Thursday in the 92nd District Court in St. Ignace on one felony count of reckless driving causing serious impairment of body function, according to Michigan State Police. Smith’s bond was set at $100,000 cash/surety. At about 2:55 a.m. Wednesday, troopers from the MSP St. Ignace Post were notified of the crash on ...