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Documenting the dairies

IRON MOUNTAIN — Local history isn’t just written in ink — it’s been poured into bottles and left at the doors of customers. Before supermarkets and big brands, local dairies were a part of daily life. Phyllis Carlson will present two programs on the history of area dairies Friday ...

Flood watch begins tonight in region

A flood watch will be in effect from tonight through Wednesday morning in parts of the Upper Peninsula, including Dickinson, Iron and Menominee counties, the National Weather Service said. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying and flood-prone ...

IM utility work to start April 20

IRON MOUNTAIN — Work is scheduled to resume Monday, April 20, on a utility project in Iron Mountain, with Bacco Construction Co. expected to first address Walker Street. The bulk of the overall $18.4 million project is replacement of water and sewer utilities on West A, West Hughitt and ...

Iran war sends inflation soaring, consumers’ mood plunging

WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation last month, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening already substantial political hurdles for the White House. Consumer prices rose ...

Northern shoveler, American bittern pause within range for photographs

After seemingly being halted by two rounds of icy rain late last week, the spring migration through Wisconsin appears to have gone into high gear this past week, with almost 4.6 million birds crossing the state overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning, according to the Cornell Lab of ...

Daily News debuted 105 years ago today

IRON MOUNTAIN — Early in 1921, Frank J. Russell Sr., the publisher of The Marquette Mining Journal, purchased two existing Iron Mountain newspapers, The Tribune-Gazette and The Iron Mountain Press, which ceased publication shortly thereafter, and established a new family newspaper, The ...