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KHS senior creates new logo for area Nurses Honor Guard

KINGSFORD — Kingsford High School senior Athena Donnelly has used her graphic design talent to create a new logo for the Nurses Honor Guard of Dickinson-Iron Counties. The volunteer nurse members chose the third-year Dickinson-Iron Technical Education Center Graphic Communications ...

Dickinson board to look into other meeting sites

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Board may hold some meetings at sites other than the courthouse complex in Iron Mountain, depending on the interest shown in outlying communities. At a reorganizational meeting Friday, the board adopted a meeting schedule the same as the current one — the ...

Fatal snowmobile crash in Mackinac County

ST. IGNACE — A 61-year-old man from downstate Michigan died today in a snowmobile crash in Mackinac County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police St. Ignace Post were called just before 1 p.m. today to Bay City Lake Road near Trail 47 in Clark Township, according to an MSP news release. A ...

Kite show back at IM’s Lake Antoine Jan. 10

IRON MOUNTAIN — Winter skies over Lake Antoine in Iron Mountain will come alive with color and motion Saturday, Jan. 10, for Kites Over Awesome Lake Antoine, or KOALA. Lake Antoine Park Partners will host its fifth-annual event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the park. The four-hour community ...

Study looks at bears and birdshot as complaints rise

Bear complaints in Wisconsin have been on the rise in recent years, and a new study seeks to pinpoint whether there is widespread use of birdshot to deter problem bears. Birdshot refers to shotgun shells that are filled with tiny pellets generally used for hunting birds. This fall, ...

Applications, outings, free fishing on calendar

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s spring turkey hunt application period is open through Feb. 1. Applications are $5 and are available online, at a license agent, or in the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish app. The number of units has been reduced from 14 to 3. The units are M (Upper Peninsula), NN ...