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Yonke holding coffee with the superintendent

IRON MOUNTAIN — Coffee with Breitung Township Schools Superintendent Aaron Yonke has been set for 8 to 9 a.m. Thursday at Holiday Kitchen in Iron Mountain. Residents are invited to visit with Yonke and ask questions about the school district.

Plea negotiations underway with judge accused of helping immigrant

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Plea negotiations with a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal agents are underway as her trial nears, the newly minted federal prosecutor overseeing the case said Tuesday. Interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel told The Associated Press in a ...

Study: Many teachers have to hold down second job

LANSING — Many teachers in Michigan need to work additional jobs to make ends meet. The rising cost of health care is one major reason why teachers seek additional employment. Repaying student loans is an additional reason, said Doug Pratt, the director of communications and public ...

Researchers say climate change shrinking fish

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) In addition to shorter ski seasons, worsening ticks and allergies and shrinking boreal forests, climate change has hit the Great Lakes State in ...

Thermal Chaos team holds its own at KC BBQ contest

DUNBAR, Wis. — The Thermal Chaos BBQ team had a successful outing at the American Royal World Series Barbecue Competition in Kansas City. Team members who took part in the competition Nov. 7-9 were Ken and Culleen — CC — Hein, Don and Kelly Marinoff, Mike and Julie Hoppe, and Lynn ...