IRON RIVER — The Iron River area will have two events Saturday for the public to enjoy: the Apple Festival & Craft and Flea Market at Beechwood Hall, followed by Harvest & Haunt in downtown Iron River. The 14th-annual Apple Festival & Craft and Flea Market will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...
KINGSFORD — A change in the user’s agreement at Commemorative Field will allow groups that reserve the soccer complex to pay with “sweat equity” instead of a $50 fee. As approved Monday by the Kingsford City Council, the sweat equity could be applied at Commemorative Field or at a ...
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 ...
(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 ...
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 ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees has approved a balanced general fund budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, successfully closing an anticipated $8 million deficit. The projected shortfall was driven primarily by a 16% surge in health care costs, contractual ...
