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New look at Felch center

FELCH TOWNSHIP — Visitors to the Felch Township Community Center and post office will notice a new look outside, thanks to landscaping that aims to highlight the area’s history of logging, mining and potato farming. Brian Penna completed the project Saturday, planting three trees along ...

UP music festival series back in IM this week

The Pine Mountain Music Festival will return to Iron Mountain this week as part of its 35th season offering classical music. Performances kicked off Saturday in Houghton and extend through June 27, with three distinct classical music acts traveling to Houghton, Iron Mountain, Ontonagon and ...

Dunbar man killed in motorcycle crash

BEECHER, Wis. — A 74-year-old Dunbar, Wis., man died Saturday when the motorcycle he was operating on Highway Z in Beecher went into the ditch and hit a tree, according to authorities. The crash that claimed the life of Gary I. Yaggie was reported by an off-duty sheriff’s patrol sergeant ...

Stonehouse legacy endures as fire rebuild advances

ESCANABA — What was once the scene of a devastating fire is gradually becoming a story of restoration. While an opening date has not been set, the Stonehouse Restaurant & Lounge is nearing the end of a long rebuilding process. The Romps family, who have owned the Stonehouse for over four ...

Proposed cuts to NOAA threaten Great Lakes research

(This story is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. This story was published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Some groups that ...

Board meetings, hearings scheduled

The Iron Mountain Board of Education will have a public hearing and the end of year meeting at 5 p.m. today in the media center in the high school. For more information, go to www.imschools.org. Norway Township Zoning Board of Appeals will have a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. today at the ...