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CF Musicale to have scholarship fundraiser

CRYSTAL FALLS — The Crystal Falls Musicale will host its annual Christmas Tea Scholarship Fundraiser at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Christ United Methodist Church. The program will include choral selections by the Musicale Chorus and will feature select students from both the middle and ...

Iron County Genealogical Society meets Thursday

IRON RIVER — The Iron County Genealogical Society will meet at noon Thursday in the J. Patrick White Conference Room at the West Iron District Library. Members are asked to note the change in time for this group's meeting. This will be the members' annual Christmas potluck. Attendees are asked to bring a dish to pass. Meetings take place monthly in the J. Patrick White Conference Room of the West Iron District Library. For more information, go to Facebook Genealogy Iron County MI.

Iron Health Foundation Student Leadership Team has meeting

IRON RIVER — The Iron Area Health Foundation Student Leadership Team, consisting of high school students from both West Iron County and Forest Park, had its initial meeting of the 2025-2026 school year on Oct. 15 at Young's Recreational Complex. Sixteen high school students make up the ...

MARSP awards mini-grants to area teachers

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel, or MARSP, recently awarded three mini-grants of $250 each to local educators for the purchase of materials. Recipients include Andrea Celello, Norway High School; Cassandra Gustafson, Norway-Vulcan Schools; and Sommer Spencer, North Elementary School. Celello, English teacher at Norway High School, will use the mini-grant to purchase a classroom set of the novel “Speak” for 12th grade students to enhance student engagement, literacy and critical thinking. Contemporary novels such ...

Iron River St. Vincent de Paul moves

IRON RIVER — Iron River St. Vincent de Paul Pantry recently made a major move, relocating from the second floor of the store on Genesee Street to a barrier-free facility in the Genesee Street Mall. The two-block move took place over two days under the supervision of St. Vincent de Paul ...