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State extends aid availability in UP for mass timber projects

LANSING — A state program to aid mass timber projects in Michigan has been extended for the Upper Peninsula after the region submitted no applications for funding in 2026. The Michigan Mass Timber Catalyst Program recently awarded $350,000, combined with a year of technical assistance, to ...

Woman accused of biting trooper in animal neglect investigation

ESCANABA – A Cornell Township woman faces multiple felony charges after being accused of biting a Michigan State Police trooper during an animal neglect investigation that reportedly uncovered dozens of dead or malnourished animals on the property where she lived. Brianna Makosky, 22, was ...

School, township, county meetings this week

Iron Mountain Planning Commission will meet at 3:30 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. Florence County Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. today in room 259 of Florence County High School, Florence, Wis. The agenda includes a mid-year Wisconsin Achievement Gap Reduction Program ...

One person dead, four injured in Schoolcraft crash

A 38-year-old Rapid River woman was killed and four people — including three children — were injured in a crash involving a pickup truck and a semi-truck during whiteout conditions Friday night on U.S. 2 in Schoolcraft County, Michigan State Police said. The woman, a front-seat passenger ...

New elevator takes shape at Giant Pine Mountain jump

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) From Feb. 20 to 22, skiers will launch themselves hundreds of feet off of the Pine Mountain Ski Jump in Iron Mountain. But something else will ...

Cool project

AURORA, Wis. — When his son Atlas asked him last year to build an igloo, Wayne Neuens of Aurora did what any good dad would do — he Googled it. "I found pictures of igloos people built with molds for the blocks and added food coloring to change the color. I showed pictures to Atlas and ...