CRYSTAL FALLS — The Iron County Medical Care Facility has had an employee confirmed positive for COVID-19, the facility said in a press release today. “It is thought that this employee has not worked since being exposed,” said spokesperson Lindsey Anderson. “The facility has ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — High temperatures in the low 90s are expected for the next few days as a sunny and hot Fourth of July weekend approaches. There is a chance of showers this afternoon and tonight, but clear skies are predicted Friday. Partly cloudy evening skies are in store for fireworks on ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge Wednesday allowed Enbridge to resume pumping oil through a Midwestern pipeline, nearly a week after shutting it down because of damage to a structure that anchors a section of the line running through a Great Lakes channel. Enbridge’s Line 5 ...
LANSING, Mich (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she was closing indoor seating in bars in parts of the state, including a college town where one brewpub has been linked to about 140 infections. Whitmer also signed a bill allowing bars and restaurants to sell to-go ...
FLORENCE, Wis. — A Kingsford man died Sunday after a motorcycle crash that afternoon near Keyes Lake in Florence County. Florence County deputies and Florence Fire and Rescue responded at 12:01 p.m. after Ronald Sparapani Jr. reportedly failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 70/101, ...
Some members of Iron Mountain City Council on Wednesday toured Superior Selections, the city’s first licensed marijuana grow facility. Co-owners Dave Johnson, Dan Kreider, Janis Johnson Cortez, Corey Formolo and Justin Havinga are currently licensed to grow medical marijuana at 106 E. Smith ...
Mouw & Celello, P.C., of Iron Mountain donated $500 to the Sons of the American Legion Squadron 50 fireworks fund. Mike Laydon, left, fireworks chairman, receives the check from Mike Celello.
FLORENCE, Wis. — Roger W. Moore, 87, of Tipler, Wis., passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at the Aspirus Iron River Hospital in Iron River. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Jacobs-Lundholm Funeral Home & Crematory, Florence, Wis.
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Pine Mountain Ski Jump tower has become a skeleton of its former self. Now, the public can own a piece of that old structure to help raise money for the new tower. Gundlach Champion Inc. has removed all the wood from the scaffold and soon will begin applying the ...
New COVID-19 positives Tuesday in the Upper Peninsula included five additional confirmed cases in Chippewa County, two in Delta County and one in Mackinac County. Among Wisconsin counties in the region, both Forest and Iron counties reported a single new case and Marinette County another ...
ESCANABA — Add the 2020 U.P. State Fair to the list of events canceled due to COVID-19. This year’s program will be postponed until 2021, the U.P. State Fair Authority decided Tuesday. “While the authority and the Delta County Chamber of Commerce are brokenhearted at the decision, we ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s governor unveiled her plans Tuesday to return students to the classroom this fall for the first time since schools were closed in March in favor of remote learning to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Safe Start plan requires districts to make safety ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan regulatory panel Tuesday refused to grant quick permission to run a new oil pipeline beneath a channel that connects two of the Great Lakes, deciding instead to conduct a full review. The state Public Service Commission’s decision involved a proposed ...
HOUGHTON — Janet Metsa, a Houghton County businesswoman, is a Democratic candidate for state representative in Michigan’s 110th District. “The Western U.P. is a unique place, far from Lansing,” Metsa said. “I have deep family roots in the U.P. and understand the values we prize ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday eased restrictions on visits to nursing and other residential facilities that were imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19. Two orders signed by MDHHS Director Robert Gordon that are effective immediately ...
NIAGARA, Wis. — Norton & Chartier will be playing at Music in the Park at Heights Park in Niagara from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 9. Norton & Chartier, the acoustic duo from Iron Mountain, have been playing together for 15 years. They play classic easy rock music from the ...
The Dickinson Area Community Foundation awarded a $250 mini-grant to the Sons of the American Legion Squadron 50. The funds will support the upcoming Fourth of July fireworks in Iron Mountain. Due to the cancellation of the Independence Day parade, the fireworks are in need of community ...
MARQUETTE — The Superior Health Foundation is now accepting grant applications for its fall 2020 funding cycle and will award more than $50,000 in grants. Eligibility information and on-line application forms are available on the SHF’s website at www.superiorhealthfoundation.org. ...
MENOMINEE — An investigation conducted by the Michigan State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has resulted in the arrest of a man from Menominee. Nicholas Barstow, 24, was arrested on Monday and arraigned Tuesday in Menominee County Circuit Court. The investigation ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A board overseeing Michigan’s Capitol determined Tuesday that it has the legal authority to decide whether guns will continue to be allowed in the building and on its grounds. The Michigan State Capitol Commission reviewed a formal legal opinion by Democratic ...