Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will appoint a new acting director for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services after it was announced Monday that Elizabeth Hertel was stepping down as director at the end of the month. Whitmer will appoint Amy Epkey as acting director of the ...
KINGSFORD — Kingsford High School has set the schedule for scholarship recipients to pick up their checks at the high school. Scholarship checks can be picked up during these days/hours — — Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 2:30 p.m. (Offices are closed at noon for lunch.) — Fridays: 8 a.m. to noon. Recipients should refer to the reminder letter sent previously regarding documents that must be brought to the office to obtain their scholarship check. Any questions regarding this process can be directed to the KHS Counseling Office at 906-779-2670, ext. 4
IRON MOUNTAIN — Hydraulic Falls Road is now open to traffic, according to the Dickinson County Road Commission. A road closure was needed for guardrail installation.
MENOMINEE — The M&M Area Community Foundation has completed its 2025–2026 scholarship season, awarding 79 scholarships totaling $195,045 to students attending 14 schools across Marinette, Menominee and Oconto counties — the foundation’s most successful scholarship year to date, and the fourth consecutive year of record-setting growth. Just three years ago, MMACF received 136 scholarship applications. This spring, that number reached 484. The dollars awarded have grown with equal momentum: from $108,000 in 2023, to $133,000 in 2024, to $177,000 in 2025, and nearly $200,000 this ...
(Editor’s note: America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. But those resources would have done us little good without individuals and companies willing to take risks. Much of that happened in Western Pennsylvania, where leading developments in ...
