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Niagara tree lighting Monday kicks off Christmas events

NIAGARA, Wis. — The third-annual Niagara Community Tree Lighting at Heights Park will bring a sparkle of holiday joy to the city Monday evening. “This is a wonderful community event. It’s our own live, little Hallmark movie. The community gets to come together to celebrate ...

Northpointe director offers information on mental health services

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County may yet offer a resolution objecting to a change in the way mental health service contracts in Michigan are managed. The county board discussed the issue over the summer but shelved a resolution suggested by Northpointe Behavioral Healthcare System CEO Mandy ...

Michigan Senate passes reforms on collecting petition signatures

The fight against election disinformation and changes to Michigan’s petition circulation process cleared the upper chamber of the state Legislature on Thursday. Senators moved the legislative package with bipartisan support. Among the bills were Senate Bill 529, Senate Bill 530 and ...

Finder to get back Edmund Fitzgerald wreck relic from state

DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan is giving up ownership of a rare relic from the famous Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, just weeks after it strangely obtained it through a settlement in a lawsuit that was completely unrelated to the doomed freighter. Larry Orr is getting one of the ship's ...

Warm, breezy weather predicted for Saturday’s firearm deer opener

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s firearm deer season opens Saturday with highs in the 50s expected in the Dickinson County area, along with a 30% chance of rain. Cooler weather — highs near 40 — should follow for a few days, without precipitation, the National Weather Service predicts. The ...

Trump signs government funding bill, ending record shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. The ...