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Three holiday plays featured at Braumart this weekend

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Community Theatre will present “One Act Wonders — Christmas Edition,” three holiday plays all handled by first-time directors. The performances are planned at 6 p.m. Friday, 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Braumart in Iron ...

Breitung board approves increase in water charges

QUINNESEC — Utility customers in Breitung Township will see a $10 monthly increase in fixed water charges under rate adjustments the township board approved Monday. The township’s water-sewer board had recommended the increase as the township moves to replace water services to comply with ...

Rural Michigan broadband access to jump with $920M in federal funding

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Efforts to expand high-speed internet across rural northern Michigan will get a $920 million boost from a federal grant, which over the next four ...

Back to the Present

This week’s Back to the Present, provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum in Iron Mountain, features the “Ice Castle,” which was built on Stephenson Avenue in Iron Mountain. This Feb. 18, 1940, dated photograph doesn’t specify a Stephenson Avenue address, or who built the ...

Evers signs bill adding mandatory minimums for human trafficking

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday he has signed 34 bills into law, including a bill requiring judges to sentence offenders to at least 10 years in prison if convicted of a human trafficking crime and 15 years for a child trafficking crime. The Wisconsin Examiner’s Criminal ...

Wisconsin judge refuses to step aside as requested by former Trump attorney

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday refused to step aside as requested by President Donald Trump's former attorney who faces felony forgery case related to the 2020 election in the battleground state. The judge also refused to cancel a Monday preliminary hearing for Trump's ...