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School, township, county meetings set for the week

Iron Mountain Planning Commission will meet at 3:30 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. Iron Mountain Tree Board will meet at 4 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. Florence County Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. today in room 259 of the high school in Florence, Wis. The agenda includes a library plan and a shared services agreement with the Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District for business-finance manager. For more, go to https://www.myflorence.org/page/board-of-education/. Iron Mountain School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the media center at 300 W. B St., Iron ...

Iron Mountain school donates to all-access playground

IRON MOUNTAIN — Students at Iron Mountain School took part in the Lake Antoine Park Partners fundraiser for the all-access playground at the lake. Through combined efforts from students, teachers, families and the community, they raised $1,630.28. At North Elementary, Principal Ashley ...

Florence program to focus on UP moose

FLORENCE, Wis. — Wildlife biologist Tiffany Bougie will present a free outdoor education program, “Moose in the U.P.,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the lower level conference room at the Florence Natural Resource building, 5628 Forestry Drive, on the corner of U.S. 2 and Highway ...

Giving ‘children a voice’

IRON MOUNTAIN — For a child who has experienced abuse, telling someone what happened can be frightening. Having to repeat that experience to several different people can make an already difficult situation even more traumatic. At the Dickinson Area Child Advocacy Center, the goal is to ...

Kingsford adds decorating contest to holiday event

KINGSFORD — Registrations for a house decorating contest in Kingsford are due Nov. 20 as the city introduces a new event as a part of its annual Christmas tree lighting in December. This year’s tree lighting will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, in the Kingsford High School gymnasium. Usually the event takes place on a Thursday but there was a scheduling conflict with the school, said organizer Jennifer Castro, the city’s administrative assistant/AP clerk. It will again feature performances by the school band and choirs. There will be cookies and hot ...

Body recovered of man swept into Lake Superior in Marquette

CHOCOLAY TOWNSHIP — Authorities Friday recovered the body of a man reportedly swept off Blackrocks in Marquette’s Presque Isle Park the previous day. The 62-year-old man from the Calumet area was knocked into the lake shortly before 3 p.m. Eastern time Thursday in what the Marquette City ...