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Reaching new heights

IRON MOUNTAIN — The dog park at City Park has a new piece of equipment for pets to play on, paid with funds raised by the annual summertime Saturday in the Park music event. The new apparatus has a platform with a backstop featuring a carved cutout of a paw. There are ramps off both ...

Board updated on mental health program for Dickinson inmates

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County officials are so far pleased with the mental health services offered for jail inmates through ATC Healthcare Services of MidMichigan. The county’s contract provides nine hours of mental health staffing weekly, reimbursed through a grant, and that’s ...

Top students in North Dickinson’s Class of 2026

FELCH TOWNSHIP — The North Dickinson County School District has announced two valedictorians and a salutatorian for the graduating Class of 2026. They are — — Aubrey Applekamp of Channing, the daughter of Jarvis and Angela Applekamp, is co-valedictorian with a 4.0 grade-point ...

Michigan limits hunters to one buck in Lower Peninsula

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) At a meeting that lasted more than nine hours, Michigan’s Natural Resources Commission voted Wednesday to limit hunters in the Lower Peninsula ...

Deal with tax cuts, special ed funds dies in Wisconsin Senate

A bipartisan deal between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican leaders blew up Wednesday night in the Wisconsin Legislature after days of attacks from lawmakers and gubernatorial candidates from both parties. The measure, which would have spent $1.8 billion on a combination of tax ...

MDOS installs electronic check-in stations at 80 branch offices

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of State has completed installation of check-in and booking stations at branch office locations that do not have a full-time staff greeter present, finishing the project several months ahead of schedule. Now, customers at 80 branch offices can ...