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Kingsford has Hometown Heroes Banners available

KINGSFORD — Kingsford is still seeking people to purchase banners to honor veterans for the Hometown Heroes Banner Program. Forty banners will be sold at $225 each. The 30-by-60-inch vinyl banners will hang on utility poles from just before Memorial Day through Labor Day for three years, ...

USW gives to food pantries

The United Steel Workers Local 146 has made its annual holiday donations to area food pantries. They presented $1,000 checks to the Salvation Army Food Pantry, Iron Mountain and Norway St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantries, and Karen’s Food Pantry in Niagara, Wis. Local 146 members also gave ...

Escanaba girls BB bus slides off icy road, ends up on side

ESCANABA — The Escanaba High School girls basketball teams had an unexpected and frightening night Tuesday after leaving their game against Marquette when the school bus slid off an icy road and rolled on its side in a ditch. A few students were injured, none seriously. A passerby and ...

Ice leads to US 2 mishap, road closure

IRON MOUNTAIN — Icy conditions Tuesday night led a school bus to hit a towing rig on the shoulder of U.S. 2 near Alfredson Road in eastern Dickinson County. The accident happened just after 8 p.m. when the Choice Transportation bus, despite going at a slow speed, ran into a towing rig that ...

Kingsford to replace fuel system, contribute to bike path project

KINGSFORD — A fuel system for Kingsford's Department of Public Works will be replaced at a cost of about $30,000. The request to the city council came from Jeff DeMuri, superintendent of the DPW, who explained that the current Gasboy system will soon be unserviceable. After a discussion ...

New dietary guidelines urge avoiding processed foods, added sugar

Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar, according to the latest edition of federal nutrition advice released Wednesday by the Trump administration. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ...