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Circle Power giving $30K in grants to six fire, EMS providers

DICKINSON COUNTY — Circle Power, the company developing Groveland Mine Solar, will give First Responder Grants totaling $30,000 to six providers in the Dickinson County area where the grid-connected solar array will be built. Volunteer fire departments and volunteer emergency medical service providers in Felch, Norway and Sagola townships each will receive $5,000. They are: Norway Fire Department, Felch Township Fire Department, Sagola Township Fire Department, Nordic Ambulance-TTAA, STAR Ambulance and North Alert Ambulance. Each organization will use the funding to purchase ...

Spread Eagle Golf Course back in business

SPREAD EAGLE, Wis. — After only having deer on its greens and fairways for the past seven years, the once-popular Spread Eagle Golf Course reopened on June 1 after a long effort to get the site back in shape. Spread Eagle Golf Course was established in 1972 and purchased by Ronald and ...

Eagle Mine forum provides update on operations

MARQUETTE — Eagle Mine had one of its community forums Tuesday afternoon at Northern Michigan University’s Northern Center, providing updates on the mine’s efforts to improve operations. Meagan Morrison, Eagle Mine’s social performance supervisor, welcomed community members to the ...

Stephens’ Watters earns Accredited Buyer’s Rep designation

IRON MOUNTAIN — Gary Watters of Crystal Falls, a realtor with Stephens Real Estate’s Iron River office, has been awarded the Accredited Buyer’s Representative designation through the National Association of Realtors’ Center for Realtor Development. In addition to successfully ...

Apple loses on ruling that blocks some fees from iPhone app store

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A three-judge appeals panel rejected Apple's request to pause an April 30 order banning the company from charging a fee on in-app iPhone transactions processed outside its once-exclusive payment system in a two-page decision issued late Thursday. The setback threatens to divert billions of dollars in revenue away from Apple while it tried to overturn the order reining in its commissions from e-commerce within iPhone apps. Apple sought to put the order on hold after it was issued by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers in a stinging rebuke that also held ...

Nintendo Switch 2 hits store shelves

NEW YORK (AP) — The Nintendo Switch 2 finally hit store shelves on Thursday, eight years after the initial release of Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s popular video game console. Even with a hefty $450 price tag, fans around the world, from Japan to the U.S., lined up outside stores ...