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Bark River Knives’ personal property to be sold

ESCANABA — The remaining personal property of the now-shuttered Bark River Knives will be sold after a Delta County Circuit Court judge authorized the move Thursday as part of the company’s ongoing receivership. Judge John Economopoulos approved the sale of the assets inside the former ...

Councils, boards to meet this week

Iron Mountain City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. The agenda includes a Michigan Tax Tribunal petition filed by Flagstar Bank. For more, go to https://www.ironmountainmi.gov/. Felch Township Board will meet at 6 p.m. today at Felch Township Community Center, preceded by an Election Commission meeting at 5:50 p.m. For more, go to https://felchtownship.com/. Kingsford City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Kingsford City Hall. The agenda includes a bid award for a water service line replacement project. There will also be a pubic hearing for hearing ...

Michigan lawmakers finalize $85B budget

It took nearly 24 hours, an all-night legislative session and a deluge of stalled policy bills that did not move for most of the year to compel Michigan lawmakers early Friday morning to finally pass a roughly $85 billion budget funding state government and education in the upcoming 2026-27 ...

Communities celebrate America at 250

Communities across the region will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary today. --- IRON MOUNTAIN-KINGSFORD Kingsford natives Rick and Marty Lagina, stars of the reality TV series “The Curse of Oak Island” on the History Channel, will serve as the 2026 grand marshals of the Iron ...

Millions under extreme heat warning for July 4th weekend

As Independence Day celebrations kick off, millions of Americans in much of the central and eastern United States are under extreme heat warnings. More than 68 million people are currently under active National Weather Service heat alerts, while roughly 165 million are expected to face ...

Heat, storms mar holiday; 3 children dead in Wisconsin

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) — Three children who died when a boat capsized in Geneva Lake during a Wisconsin storm were wearing life vests, authorities said as the nation assessed damage from storms and a heat wave that marred the July Fourth holiday, leaving hundreds of thousands of utility customers without power. The tragedy in Wisconsin’s Walworth County in a part of Southern Wisconsin that has long served as a favorite vacation getaway for residents of the Chicago area came with a storm that downed trees, ruptured power lines and made transportation treacherous and complicated ...