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Breitung Twp accepts ‘huge asset’ in firefighting UTV

QUINNESEC — Breitung Township Fire Department has improved its response capabilities with the acquisition of a new utility terrain vehicle that allows personnel to reach remote areas and off-road sites. Township officials got a closer look at the equipment during a board meeting Monday as ...

Dr. Donald Jacobs, longtime area family physician, dies at age 95

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dr. Donald Jacobs, who treated generations of families during his more than 60 years practicing medicine in the region, died Sunday at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson. He was 95. His daughter, Cheryl Jacobs, said her father stayed lucid and able to direct how he wanted ...

Remember when?

This week’s “Remember when?” explores the Triangle Ranch, a failed attempt to “test out exhaustively the practicability of large-scale, capitalistic manufacturing methods in agriculture” by raising pedigreed Hereford cattle, according to information provided by the Menominee Range ...

Study: Isle Royale wolf population inbred but likely to last 20 years

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Researchers found Isle Royale wolves brought to the island in 2018 are likely to survive but are inbred and increasingly isolated. In 2016, ...

US ban on $1B in Canadian imports goes into effect

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. The ban amounts to ...

Sagola Township preparing to debut new sledding hill

CHANNING — A trip to the sewer lagoons late last year led to creation of Sagola Township’s newest outdoor recreation site: a sledding hill. Township Supervisor Ryan Mulder said he and maintenance worker Vincent Fellers were checking in December if timber near the ponds might be ready to ...