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Dr. Donald Jacobs, longtime area family physician, dies at age 95

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dr. Donald Jacobs, who treated generations of families during his more than 60 years practicing medicine in the region, died Sunday at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson. He was 95. His daughter, Cheryl Jacobs, said her father stayed lucid and able to direct how he wanted ...

Remember when?

This week’s “Remember when?” explores the Triangle Ranch, a failed attempt to “test out exhaustively the practicability of large-scale, capitalistic manufacturing methods in agriculture” by raising pedigreed Hereford cattle, according to information provided by the Menominee Range ...

Study: Isle Royale wolf population inbred but likely to last 20 years

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Researchers found Isle Royale wolves brought to the island in 2018 are likely to survive but are inbred and increasingly isolated. In 2016, ...

US ban on $1B in Canadian imports goes into effect

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. The ban amounts to ...

Sagola Township preparing to debut new sledding hill

CHANNING — A trip to the sewer lagoons late last year led to creation of Sagola Township’s newest outdoor recreation site: a sledding hill. Township Supervisor Ryan Mulder said he and maintenance worker Vincent Fellers were checking in December if timber near the ponds might be ready to ...

Absentee ballots go out in Michigan: What to know

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan’s Nov. 3 general election is more than a month away, but absentee ballots are now available, as required by state law. That means ...