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Breitung, sheriff’s department renew agreement

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QUINNESEC – Breitung Township will continue to use the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department for their law enforcement needs for the next four years after the board approved a new contract Monday. Two sheriff’s deputies now patrol Breitung Township 12 hours a day, seven days a ...

Back to the Present

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Lundholm's Standard Service, on the southeast corner of Carpenter Avenue and West Lundington Street in Iron Mountain, is shown during the Christmas holiday season in a photo dated between 1968-69. Information compiled by local historian Bill Cummings indicated the station in the late 1940s ...

Hancock receives Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture designation

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HANCOCK — The City of Hancock has been designated a 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture. The city learned of the designation late Saturday during festivities and is the first city to hold the distinction in the United States. The Finno-Ugric peoples come from places such as Finland, ...

Escanaba motorcyclist killed in crash

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GWINN — An Escanaba resident was killed Friday afternoon in rural Marquette County after the motorcycle he was operating went off the road and struck a utility pole in Marquette County, police said. The crash occurred about 4:30 p.m. Friday on M-35 near the intersection with Marquette County ...

Book discussion set

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IRON MOUNTAIN — “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is an American classic. It tells the story of how the abused white boy Huck and the runaway black slave Jim teamed up to escape their circumstances. Traveling down the Mississippi River on a raft, they had many adventures that ...