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Food, Fun and Fitness blasts off

The second week of Food, Fun and Fitness in Florence County was packed with crafts, games and experiences. Youth participants were privileged to be able to use Northern Michigan University’s “Starlab,” a pop-up planetarium that allowed students to learn about and travel through the solar ...

UP sees ‘The Ford Boom’ in the 1920s

(Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in the country’s development. For this week’s “America at 250” story, see ...

Heat advisory in effect for region, severe storms possible

A heat advisory has been issued locally through 7 p.m. today as hot weather and high humidity may cause heat illnesses, the National Weather Service said. Today’s predicted high at Iron Mountain is 95 degrees, with a heat index value up to 105 degrees. “Drink plenty of fluids, stay in ...

Sweltering Midwest cancels outdoor plans, opens public cooling centers

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Summer camps and other outdoor activities were canceled Monday as tens of millions of people across the Midwest endured a heat wave that is expected to spread eastward this week. Communities opened cooling centers and urged people to take it easy and stay ...

State appeals court upholds ex-school officer’s sentence for sexual abuse

(Note: The opinion of the Michigan Court of Appeals, which serves as the primary source for this article, remains subject to revision until its final publication in the Michigan Appeals Reports.) MENOMINEE — The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld the prison term for a former Menominee ...

Democratic-led states sue over new Medicaid work requirements

Twenty-five Democratic-led states plus the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration over its new work requirements for people who get their health insurance through Medicaid. At issue is a “medically frail” designation that the states say is too narrow and will make it too ...