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Flivver Foundation for Success Scholarship established at KHS

KINGSFORD — The Flivver Foundation for Success has established a new scholarship program designed to reward well-rounded Kingsford High School graduating seniors as they pursue higher education. The inaugural Flivver Foundation for Success Scholarship will be awarded in the spring of 2027. It will be seamlessly integrated into the school’s existing Universal Scholarship Application process, allowing eligible seniors to apply automatically during the standard spring application window. To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must be a graduating Kingsford High School senior ...

Rising gas prices frustrate voters ahead of midterms

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn’t require difficult decisions. “Is it going to be groceries this week?” the 28-year-old Amazon delivery driver asked as he watched the numbers tick higher. “Is ...

‘A full day of Bavarian fun’

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dust off the polka shoes, brush up on your German and get ready to prost. The Iron Mountain Downtown Development Authority will host its 12th-annual Oktoberfest from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the downtown stage parking lot at the intersection of Iron Mountain ...

JROTC program could be coming to IM schools

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain School Board has authorized applying to start a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps — JROTC — program at Iron Mountain. Superintendent Jerry Sardina said one of the teachers approached him with the idea. The program would be offered as an elective for credits at a future date. JROTC is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces. Classes are taught at secondary schools by retired military officers and non-commissioned officers, with half the salary for an instructor paid by military. The military would also provide all ...

Michigan may adopt wolf hunt if federal protections lifted

LANSING – Pending legislation would allow gray wolf hunting and trapping if the federal government takes the animals off the Endangered Species List. The possibility raises concerns among environmentalists that removing wolves from federal protection could set the species back and ...

Audit faults how Michigan job training program used funding

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan’s workforce training program spent over $59 million to reimburse employers for on-the-job training, rather than fund education to ...