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Breitung Township gives input on right-of-ways

QUINNESEC — Breitung Township Board on Monday approved going along with most of the Dickinson County Road Commission’s plans to abandon several road right-of-ways, provided the municipality can retain easements for water lines. The undeveloped roads are known as Hoadley Avenue, Madison ...

House fire late Sunday in Kingsford

KINGSFORD — Fire caused extensive damage late Sunday to a Kingsford Heights home, but authorities said the residence was unoccupied at the time and no injuries were reported. A neighbor called 911 about 11:45 p.m. after seeing flames coming out of the roof of 913 Turner Road. Kingsford ...

Dickinson to meet on funding for MSU Extension

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Board will meet with a Michigan State University Extension official to discuss the 4-H youth program and other Extension services after its Jan. 13 decision to deny county funding. Commissioner Joe Stevens on Monday proposed the meeting with Extension ...

USPS Postmaster General DeJoy resigns after 5 years

The head of the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, resigned Monday after nearly five years in the position, leaving as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have floated the idea of privatizing mail service. DeJoy had said last month he ...

Snow doesn’t want to go

David Warmuth clears his driveway at his home on Houghteling Street in Iron Mountain after two days of another late round of snow in the region. Reported snowfall totals from a storm that began Sunday morning in the Dickinson County area ranged from 6 to 9 inches. (Terri Castelaz/Daily News photo)

State standoff on FOIA, transparency efforts

For reporters and good government advocates, the push for greater transparency in Michigan has been constant and often disappointing, as efforts to reform the state’s Freedom of Information Act have repeatedly died on the vine over the last decade. As civic organizations across the nation ...