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Crews battling remote fire in Baraga County

Water-scooping planes were called in from Minnesota to help fight a remote wildfire north of Craig Lake in Baraga County, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. The fire likely began as two separate lightning strike fires, which then merged together, said Paul Rogers, a fire prevention specialist with the DNR. The fires were discovered around 2:45 p.m. Thursday. The fire grew to 16 acres by Thursday night and remained roughly the same size throughout the day Friday. A Michigan State Police helicopter was working the fire area, scooping water into a collapsible canvas ...

Ocasio-Cortez to campaign with Senate candidate El-Sayed in IM

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is scheduled to travel to Iron Mountain next week to campaign alongside Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed. Ocasio-Cortez, who has been open about a potential presidential run, will make stops in three Upper Peninsula cities on El-Sayed’s ...

Trump strikes deal with Putin on diesel weeks before midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Trump said on social media ...

No Daily News to be published Monday

IRON MOUNTAIN — With no mail delivery on the federal Columbus Day holiday, The Daily News will not publish a newspaper Monday. The comics page for Monday’s paper, including Tuesday’s horoscopes, is on page A6 of today’s edition. The Daily News office will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday. The website at https://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/ will be updated regularly Monday. The normal publishing schedule will resume Tuesday.

School, county, township meetings scheduled

Iron Mountain Planning Commission will meet at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Iron Mountain City Hall. Iron Mountain Tree Board will meet at 4 p.m. Monday at Iron Mountain City Hall. Iron Mountain School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday in conference room B117 at 300 W. B St., Iron Mountain. The agenda includes a Junior ROTC program. For more, go to https://www.imschools.org/en-US. Norway Township Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Township Hall in Vulcan. Waucedah Township Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the Township Hall in Loretto. Breitung Township School District Board ...

Several locations in region to enjoy autumn-themed fun

It’s the time of year for pumpkin patches and corn mazes, with a number of farms in the region ready to offer some fall family experiences. Some of the sites now open for the season include — — PumpkinFest is again underway at Swanson’s Big Red Barn, W7484 Valerio Road in ...