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Moving mountains of snow

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Iron Mountain Department of Public Works crews continued with snow removal on Thursday after Blizzard Elsa. Workers relocated a mountain of snow from a downtown parking lot on Hughitt Street, truckload by truckload, to a Chapin Pit area dump site. By late afternoon the lot was cleared. The ...

Man dies in Pembine fire; woman, 2 children injured

Local News

PEMBINE, Wis. — A 30-year-old Pembine man died and three other people, including two children, were injured as agencies responded to a fire Tuesday morning at a home in the town of Pembine. Roy J. Newling was pronounced dead after being removed from the home by firefighters, Marinette ...

Appeals court denies new trial for man in near-fatal beating

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A Bark River man convicted in the near-fatal beating of his ex-wife in August 2022 will not get a new trial, the Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled. The appeals court March 11 affirmed decisions the lower court had made on several challenges Lloyd Jarvi raised over his trial, including ...

UPCC selects Waldrop as Apprentice of the Year

Business

HARRIS – The Upper Peninsula Construction Council had its annual Apprentice of the Year banquet Saturday at the Island Resort and Casino to recognize outstanding apprentices in the construction industry. Brandon Waldrop of UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 111 was named Apprentice of the ...

Portion of Lyons Lake Road still blocked by snow

Local News

A portion of the Lyons Lake Road about 0.4 mile east of Calumet Mine Road is not open to through traffic due to extreme drifting across an open field area, the Dickinson County Road Commission advised Thursday. DCRC crews have been opening gravel roads for full-time residents as a first ...