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City, township, school meetings scheduled

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Iron Mountain City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. The agenda includes a recycling inftrastructure grant agreement and bid specifications for a new plow truck. For more, go to https://www.ironmountainmi.gov/. Felch Township Board will meet at 6 p.m. today at Felch Township Community Center. For more, go to https://felchtownship.com/. Sagola Township Board will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Sagola Community Building. For more, go to https://sagolatwp.com/. Kingsford City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Kingsford City Hall. The agenda includes North ...

Program on mushrooms planned in Florence

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FLORENCE, Wis. — A free outdoor program, “Basic Elementary Mushroom Program for the Novice Mushroom Hunter,” has been set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Wild Rivers Interpretive Center in Florence. Margaret Mary Gerhard will teach fun facts about fungi, forage preparations, ethical harvest and forage etiquette and provide basic information for the novice mushroom hunter. This program will be in the lower level conference room at the Florence Natural Resource building, 5628 Forestry Drive on the corner of U.S. 2 and Highway 101/70 in Florence. The public may also sign up to ...

Halloween-themed Harvest Festival set this weekend

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HOMESTEAD, Wis. — The second-annual Harvest Festival, a Halloween-themed family camping event, is planned for Friday through Sunday at West Bass Lake Park Campground in Homestead, Wis. The Harvest Festival is organized by Jody Nordell, who attended similar events with her children at Van ...

Drought considered severe in southern UP

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Two months of below-normal rainfall has led to severe drought in parts of Dickinson, Iron and Menominee counties, along with bordering Wisconsin communities. Locally, September has produced about a quarter-inch of rain since the U.S. Drought Monitor’s latest update, but ...