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Electric bicycle explosion causes fatal fire in Kingsford

KINGSFORD — A Kingsford woman and several pets died in a house fire late Tuesday that authorities said was sparked by an electric bicycle explosion. Kingsford Public Safety responded at 11:21 p.m. Tuesday to a fire in a two-story house, with one person believed trapped inside, after a ...

Seed to Table event on Saturday looks to grow in second year

NORWAY — A community effort focused on reducing hunger and encouraging self-sufficiency will return this weekend with the second-annual Seed to Table fundraiser. The Salvation Army Bread of Life Assistance Center of Kingsford, in partnership with the Dickinson County Fair, will host the ...

Supreme Court: Line 5 suit should be in state court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state's lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy ...

Michigan hunting, fishing group may shut down after 89 years

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) If Michigan United Conservation Clubs doesn’t raise $100,000 by May 1, “we will be forced to close our doors,” President Stephen Dey said in ...

‘Safe Routes’ project eyed for IM sidewalk upgrades

IRON MOUNTAIN — Plans are in place to file an application in June for a Safe Routes to School project that would improve about a mile of sidewalks in Iron Mountain. The Safe Routes to School program offers a 100% grant for infrastructure, but the city would need to cover engineering costs, ...

Donations made to Iron Mountain General Scholarship Fund

IRON MOUNTAIN — Iron Mountain High School has received several recent donations to the General Scholarship Fund in memory of several IMHS alumni. The graduating Class of 2026 will become the 36th class to benefit from the General Scholarship Fund. This scholarship fund was established in ...