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No Daily News on Labor Day

IRON MOUNTAIN — With no mail delivery on the Labor Day holiday, The Daily News will not publish a newspaper Monday. Monday’s comics page, with the crossword puzzle and horoscope, is on page A6 of today’s paper. Daily News offices will be closed Monday. Tuesday will have a newspaper as usual, and staff will be available starting at 8 a.m.

Michigan reading scores drop again

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan third grade reading scores continued to slide in the state's most recent standardized tests this year, even as schools begin to implement ...

Wisconsin plans increased ATV/UTV enforcement

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds ATV/UTV riders that they will see more law enforcement officers during the Labor Day Weekend Think Smart Before You Start safety campaign. Conservation wardens and county recreation deputies will be patrolling trails ...

Youth Market Livestock Show to highlight fair’s first full day

NORWAY — The animals are ready, the rides are spinning and the action is heating up — today is Youth Day at the 2026 Dickinson County Fair in Norway. Whether coming for the animals, the exhibits, the carnival rides, the music or simply a day of fun with family and friends — Youth ...

Kingsford man faces drug charges in Wisconsin death

FLORENCE, Wis. — A Kingsford man was taken into custody last week and faces drug charges in Florence County in connection with the April death of a Vilas County, Wis., man, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. Mark Allan Johnson II was arrested Aug. 26, Sheriff Teresa Chrisman said Thursday in a news release that lists charges of first degree reckless homicide/delivery of drugs, manufacture/deliver amphetamine and manufacture/delivery of narcotics. Johnson was in the Florence County Jail on a $100,000 bond, according to the sheriff. The arrest was made after an ...

Forest Service closing 23 research facilities

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research and development stations in more than a dozen states as part of an organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump that is intended to trim costs and concentrate the agency’s resources in Western states, officials ...