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School, township, county meetings set for the week

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Iron Mountain Planning Commission will meet at 3:30 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. Iron Mountain Tree Board will meet at 4 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. Florence County Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. today in room 259 of the high school in Florence, Wis. The agenda includes a library plan and a shared services agreement with the Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District for business-finance manager. For more, go to https://www.myflorence.org/page/board-of-education/. Iron Mountain School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the media center at 300 W. B St., Iron ...

Florence program to focus on UP moose

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FLORENCE, Wis. — Wildlife biologist Tiffany Bougie will present a free outdoor education program, “Moose in the U.P.,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the lower level conference room at the Florence Natural Resource building, 5628 Forestry Drive, on the corner of U.S. 2 and Highway ...

Iron Mountain school donates to all-access playground

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Students at Iron Mountain School took part in the Lake Antoine Park Partners fundraiser for the all-access playground at the lake. Through combined efforts from students, teachers, families and the community, they raised $1,630.28. At North Elementary, Principal Ashley ...

Infant dies from measles as Wisconsin outbreak grows

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A Wisconsin infant has died of measles — the first death from the viral illness since 1990, the state health department reported Thursday. The death comes as Wisconsin has experienced the largest number of measles cases in more than 35 years, Dr. Ryan Westergaard, chief medical officer ...

DNR to probe how 27 lake sturgeon got trapped in UP

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LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is embarking on a three-year project to understand why nearly 30 threatened lake sturgeon became trapped last summer near the Ontonagon River in the Upper Peninsula. The DNR is reviewing historical river flow and water temperature ...

No Daily News on Veterans Day

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IRON MOUNTAIN — With no mail delivery on the federal Veterans Day holiday, The Daily News will not publish a newspaper Wednesday. The Daily News offices will be open Wednesday as usual. The regular publishing schedule will resume Thursday.