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Enduring Elsa: Teamwork, planning kept March blizzard from getting upper hand

Blizzard Elsa will go down in the history books, but not as a disaster so much as an example of how to weather some of the worst that winter might throw at the region. It helped that the storm arrived on a Sunday, after a sunny and clear Saturday, and by Monday had taken such hold of the ...

Girl, 2, becomes family’s 2nd death from Pembine house fire

PEMBINE, Wis. — A 2-year-old girl has become the second member of her family to die from injuries in a house fire Tuesday morning in the town of Pembine, according to Marinette County authorities. Aurora R. Newling died Friday, Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller said in a news release ...

Iron Industry Museum closed by snow damage

The Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee is closed indefinitely after heavy snow caused structural damage to its main gallery roof. The roof is intact, but several of the trusses that bear the roof’s weight began cracking Feb. 21. “The museum’s roof system was built to handle ...

Beekeepers UP conference planned March 28

HARRIS — The Northwoods Beekeepers Club will host an Upper Peninsula Beekeeping Conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, March 28, at the Island Resort and Casino in Harris. Keynote speaker is Candace Rose Casados, who will present "Bees Through Time and Cultures." She is ...

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church hosts blood drive

IRON MOUNTAIN — Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Iron Mountain will host a UP Health System Regional Blood Center blood drive from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 30. Walk-ins are welcome. For more information, contact the center at 906-449-1450. All donations made with the U.P. Regional ...

Moving mountains of snow

Iron Mountain Department of Public Works crews continued with snow removal on Thursday after Blizzard Elsa. Workers relocated a mountain of snow from a downtown parking lot on Hughitt Street, truckload by truckload, to a Chapin Pit area dump site. By late afternoon the lot was cleared. The ...