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Michigan cutting the cord: Cable subscribers fall below 1M

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Streaming services continue to erode the popularity of cable television in Michigan, where subscribers fell below 1 million in 2025 for the first ...

Students advance from IM-K district spelling bees

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain-Kingsford Community Schools hosted district spelling bees Jan. 28 for fifth through eighth graders at Iron Mountain and Kingsford. Fifth-grade winners from Kingsford were Zoe Henry, champion, and Avril Peterson, runner up. From Iron Mountain, Audrey Stuer ...

Annual Ron Caviani Memorial Jazz Concert Wednesday

IRON MOUNTAIN — The 22nd-annual Ron Caviani Memorial Tribute Jazz Concert will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Iron Mountain High School Auditorium. The concert will feature high school jazz bands from Iron Mountain and Kingsford, as well as a student-led jazz combo from Kingsford High ...

UP woman named to disabilities council

LANSING — A Negaunee woman has been appointed to the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council. Julie Shaw will serve a term expiring Sept. 30, 2027, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced. Shaw is the executive director of the Superior Alliance for Independent Living. She has a bachelor of ...

Donations open for memorial highway section on US 41

ESCANABA — While the legislation must still be passed by the Michigan Senate in order to formally be adopted, a family friend connected to Spc. David Anthony Wilkey Jr. has helped set up a bank account to accept donations from those who want to contribute to the renaming of a stretch of ...