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City, township meetings set in area for the week

Iron Mountain City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. The agenda includes bid openings for a plow truck, sewer repairs on Foster and Hemlock streets, and a public hearing on authorizing fees for repeated false fire alarm responses. For more, go to https://www.ironmountainmi.gov/. Felch Township Board will meet at 6 p.m. today at Felch Township Community Center. For more, go to https://felchtownship.com/. Sagola Township Board will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Sagola Community Building. For more, go to https://sagolatwp.com/. Kingsford City Council will meet ...

Free Outdoor Education program on Oct. 13

FLORENCE, Wis. — The public is invited to the next free monthly Outdoor Education Program, on bees, maple syrup, grapes, wine and jelly on Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Florence, featuring Gino Venditti of STAG Farms. This program will start at 6 p.m. in the lower level conference room at the Florence Natural Resource building, 5628 Forestry Drive, on the corner of U.S. 2 and Highway 101/70 in Florence. Unfortunately, there will be not be a Zoom link on the Florence County Web page. Venditti started STAG Farms in 2015 in Iron Mountain. He began keeping bees as a hobby and was introduced, ...

Salvation Army Coats for Kids taking coats and applications

MARINETTE, Wis. — The Salvation Army is accepting new winter coats, snow pants, boots, hats, mittens and warm blankets through Oct. 29 to be given to children in need in Marinette and Menominee counties. “With the rising costs of daily life, this drive gives us the opportunity to provide the items necessary to keep kids warm and healthy through the winter months,” Lt. Logan Saydera of The Salvation Army said. Applications for those in need of winter gear will be received until Oct. 29. The application link can be found on their website at samarinette.org, or their Facebook ...

Norway’s Leif Erikson Festival a chance to celebrate Viking style

NORWAY — Vikings will once again take over downtown Norway as the city celebrates the legendary Norse explorer Leif Erikson on Saturday, Oct. 10. The 34th-annual Leif Erikson Festival will bring together the community and visitors for a mix of Scandinavian food, entertainment, history ...

Nine wolves killed in Wisconsin after threatening behavior toward humans

Nine wolves were killed by federal officials in northern Wisconsin in late August and early September after “a series of verified threats to human health and safety,” according to the state Department of Natural Resources. In a statement Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Wisconsin ...

Michigan foster kids struggle after aging out of state system

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) When Brianna Carsley, who spent most of her life in and out of foster care, graduated from Oxford High School in 2023, she’d already been ...