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Norway’s ‘Living Wax Museum’ to spotlight local sports legends
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NORWAY — History and hometown pride will come alive Thursday at the Jake Menghini Museum in Norway, as fourth-grade students from Norway Elementary School transform into some of Dickinson County’s most memorable figures for the fifth-annual “Living Wax Museum.” This year, the Partners ...
‘All aboard!’
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(Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. For this week’s “America at 250” story, see page ...
UA opens new training facility in Escanaba
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ESCANABA — The United Association of Plumbers/Pipefitters and HVAC Techs Local 111 gathered Friday to celebrate the grand opening of its new training facility in Escanaba. The Apprenticeship Training Center is a 12,000-square-foot facility built next to the UA Local 111’s existing ...
IM man admits to domestic violence, assault in 2025
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IRON MOUNTAIN — An Iron Mountain man pleaded guilty Thursday to domestic violence and assault and battery that involved a Dickinson County District Court judge. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop a dangerous weapon-carrying with unlawful intent charge that had been the only felony ...
West Virginia born amid chaos of the Civil War
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(Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...