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Man charged after incident with MSP vehicle on Sugar Island ferry

SAULT STE. MARIE — A man has been charged after reportedly damaging a Michigan State Police patrol vehicle with a hammer Monday while aboard the Sugar Island ferry in Chippewa County. According to an MSP news release, at about 1:30 p.m. Monday, a trooper from the MSP Sault Ste. Marie Post ...

Menominee County woman gets decades in prison

A Daggett woman will spend at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in July to first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a person under the age of 13. Rocquel Anne Irving, 39, was sentenced Friday in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court to a minimum prison term of 20 years ...

With no time to spare, Michigan hatches a whitefish rescue plan

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) With time running out to save the Great Lakes’ whitefish from a deadly mussel invasion, Michigan officials have a moonshot plan to pluck fish ...

IMHS parking revised as utility work wraps up

IRON MOUNTAIN — Parking rules in the Iron Mountain High School area will be updated to reduce the amount of signage and prevent parking east of the intersection of Prospect Avenue and West A Street near the gymnasium. The city council Tuesday approved changes recommended by Director of ...

41 Lumber to have grand reopening of remodeled Quinnesec store

QUINNESEC — 41 Lumber will have a grand reopening of its remodeled Quinnesec location from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, inviting contractors, homeowners and community members to come see the new look at W7404 U.S. 2. The extensive remodel has created about 7,000 square feet of updated retail and ...