As fire crews battle to suppress and contain the Rugged Terrain Complex wildfires in the Upper Peninsula, officials have confirmed that a lightning strike was the cause of the Black River Fire in Gogebic County. In the Black River Fire, now 70% contained, it was the charring pattern on a ...
(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) It’s been almost a year since a study challenged Michigan’s long-established highest peak, but the study’s author can’t get his work ...
LANSING – Eighteen organizations will use $3.4 million in opioid settlement money to purchase or lease an additional 20 to 40 recovery residences in 14 counties, adding an estimated 200 to 300 beds, state officials announced. The state Department of Health and Human Services and the ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Elections officials in battleground Wisconsin on Thursday approved guidance for local clerks to help them know what to do if federal law enforcement officials show up at the polls on Election Day, as some activists fear might happen. A Republican on the bipartisan ...
Dickinson County Board will meet at 6 p.m. today in the circuit courtroom of the courthouse in Iron Mountain. The agenda includes 2027 budget discussions with department heads, the Dickinson-Iron Community Services Agency and senior center representatives, and a county employee dress code policy. Iron Mountain City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. The agenda includes a bid award for a plow truck. For more, go to https://www.ironmountainmi.gov/. Kingsford City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Kingsford City Hall. Items on the agenda include a ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — We Energies will conduct annual tests of emergency sirens at four hydroelectric dams Wednesday. The brief siren activations are only tests, and community members do not need to evacuate or take any other action. People near the dams may hear the sirens between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. If testing cannot be completed Wednesday, it will be rescheduled for Thursday. Four We Energies dams have flood emergency warning systems. Annual testing helps ensure the sirens operate properly in an emergency. The dams are: Michigamme Falls, Twin Falls, Big Quinnesec and White ...
