NORWAY — The animals are ready, the rides are spinning and the action is heating up — today is Youth Day at the 2026 Dickinson County Fair in Norway. Whether coming for the animals, the exhibits, the carnival rides, the music or simply a day of fun with family and friends — Youth ...
FLORENCE, Wis. — A Kingsford man was taken into custody last week and faces drug charges in Florence County in connection with the April death of a Vilas County, Wis., man, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. Mark Allan Johnson II was arrested Aug. 26, Sheriff Teresa Chrisman said Thursday in a news release that lists charges of first degree reckless homicide/delivery of drugs, manufacture/deliver amphetamine and manufacture/delivery of narcotics. Johnson was in the Florence County Jail on a $100,000 bond, according to the sheriff. The arrest was made after an ...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research and development stations in more than a dozen states as part of an organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump that is intended to trim costs and concentrate the agency’s resources in Western states, officials ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — With no mail delivery on the Labor Day holiday, The Daily News will not publish a newspaper Monday. Daily News offices will close early today, at 3 p.m., and will not be open Monday. Tuesday will have a newspaper as usual, and staff will be available starting at 8 a.m.
ESCANABA — Forty-seven years ago, Upper Peninsula residents took part in a contest that helped give the region one of its most recognizable nicknames: “Yooper.” The contest by The Upper Peninsula Sunday Times — the Sunday edition counterpart to daily newspapers in the region — asked ...
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State Police has been designated as a Trust Building Pledge agency committed to focusing on strengthening trust and collaboration between officers and the communities they serve. The achievement is part of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Trust Building Campaign, in which agencies pledge to focus on six key areas: bias-free policing, use of force, leadership and culture, recruitment, hiring and retention, victim services and community relations. The MSP entered the pledge in August 2024 with 36 months to complete it, which it did in ...
