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IM eyes recycling carts purchase

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Recycling carts are on Iron Mountain’s shopping list as the city prepares to meet state guidelines that call for curbside recycling to be offered next year. The city may participate in a Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy program that would pay 80% ...

State’s League of Women Voters files motion in voter rolls suit

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The League of Women Voters of Michigan has filed a motion to intervene on behalf of voters in the federal court case in which the U.S. Department of Justice is suing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and the state of Michigan for access to voter registration data. “We will not stand by ...

Back to the Present

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This week’s Back to the Present, provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum, looks at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Depot in Channing. The village of Channing began as a railroad station called Ford Siding in Sagola Township. Platted June 28, 1893, by the Milwaukee Land ...

Family Check Up Information Dinner canceled

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FLORENCE, Wis. — The Family Check Up Information Dinner planned from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Florence Elementary School District cafeteria has been canceled due to the varsity volleyball team making it to the state volleyball tournament. The volleyball team will play at 9 a.m. Thursday ...

Shortage of pennies as the US Mint stops making them

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NEW YORK (AP) — The United States is running out of pennies. President Donald Trump's decision to stop producing the penny earlier this year is starting to have real implications for the nation's commerce. Merchants in multiple regions of the country have run out of pennies and are unable to ...