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MI-ACE Women’s Network mentorship marks 10th year

ESCANABA — The 2025-26 academic year brings the celebration of the 10th year of the MI-ACE Women’s Network Senior-Level Leadership Job Shadow Program. This formal mentorship program provides mid-level women leaders who aspire to a senior-level positions the opportunity to enhance their ...

Judge orders administration to fully fund SNAP benefits

A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November, a decision that the administration promptly appealed. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gave President Donald Trump's administration ...

Driver dies in crash after fleeing Niagara traffic stop

NIAGARA, Wis. — A man died Wednesday afternoon after crashing his truck into a garbage truck on Main Street while fleeing from a Niagara Police officer. The officer had attempted to do a traffic stop about 1:11 p.m. Wednesday when the other driver took off at high speed and swerved his ...

All 50 states will vie for funds from $50B rural health program

WASHINGTON — All 50 states have applied for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program in Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday. States had from Sept. 15 through Wednesday to apply for the program, which was authorized ...

Kingsford makes payments on utility projects

KINGSFORD — Payments totaling $1.4 million to Payne and Dolan of Gladstone for ongoing water and sewer projects have been approved by Kingsford City Council, as recommended by project engineers GEI Consultants of Iron Mountain. The largest payment of $624,304 is for water main and access ...

IM prepares to buy plow truck and work van

IRON MOUNTAIN — Bids will be opened Nov. 17 as Iron Mountain looks to buy a new plow truck, possibly in time for the heart of winter. The city has allocated $200,000 for a new 4x4 truck that would replace a 1996 International Paystar. This is one of the city’s two largest plow trucks, ...