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Remember when?

This week’s “Remember when?” — provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum of Iron Mountain — takes readers back to the early days of education in Iron Mountain. The first school in the Iron Mountain area opened in 1881 at the corner of Brown and Iron Mountain streets, ...

IM-K curbside recycling grant is approved

IRON MOUNTAIN — Carts for curbside recycling will likely be delivered to the cities of Iron Mountain and Kingsford soon with 80% of the cost of the purchase covered through a state grant. The total grant — which is pending — is $299,257, according to the Michigan Department of ...

Whitmer signs budget, education funding and housing bills into law

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed her eighth and final education budget into law Tuesday at an event in Southfield, celebrating wins in continuing to fund free school meals, free pre-K, free community colleges and what Whitmer’s office called a “historic investment in student literacy.” ...

One man dead, another injured in Luce County stabbing Sunday

NEWBERRY — A 21-year-old Newberry man is in custody after a stabbing Sunday night that left one man dead and another injured. Luce County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 300 block of East John Street in Newberry about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, where they found a 40-year-old male in the yard with multiple stab wounds, according to a news release from the office. Despite emergency efforts, he was pronounced dead at the site. A 47-year-old male at the same location was transported to a local hospital with injuries that were not considered life threatening, the news release ...

Canada cancels joint bridge-opening event after Trump tariffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A planned joint U.S.-Canada ceremony Friday celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is no longer expected to take place after President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on most Canadian goods. In ...