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SOS to have driver’s license restoration clinic Wednesday

Michigan residents seeking to restore their driving privileges will have a chance to receive free, one-on-one assistance at a Road to Restoration clinic Wednesday in Iron Mountain. The Michigan Secretary of State, along with state and community partners, will host the clinic, which is designed to help eligible drivers understand their current license status and determine what steps they need to take to safely return to driving. Experts from the Michigan Department of State will meet individually with participants to review their driving records and answer questions about the ...

Bridges see dips in traffic due to friction with Canada

LANSING – The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge and the Blue Water Bridge are major connections for both tourism and international trade between the United States and Canada. Since 2025, these bridges have seen a shift toward fewer passenger vehicle and truck crossings, which ...

Frost advisory issued for UP

IRON MOUNTAIN — The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for much of the Upper Peninsula, effective from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. Central time Wednesday. Temperatures as low as 32 degrees will result in frost formation in portions of the central and western U.P., according to NWS. "Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation," forecasters said. The advisory includes Dickinson, Iron, Delta, Ontonagon, Baraga, Marquette, Alger, Luce, Gogebic, Schoolcraft and southern Houghton counties.

Michigan spending far less on math than literacy

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) As Michigan goes all in on literacy, some are asking: What about math? Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and State Superintendent Glenn Maleyko have said ...

Top farm-state GOP senator begs Trump for diesel export embargo

WASHINGTON — Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to staggering levels in the United States and across the globe. According to ...

DCD to have highway cleanup on Saturday

KINGSFORD — Dickinson Conservation District will conduct its first Adopt-a-Highway cleanup at 9 a.m. Saturday. They will meet at the M-95-M-69 carpool parking lot, the one heading toward Felch. This is the first Adopt-a-Highway clean-up event DCD has done since submitting for the permit this spring. The section starts from the intersection of M-95/M-69, down 2 miles east on M-69. The Adopt-a-Highway program has three clean-up event days per year. Those who wish to participate in a clean-up event should go to the Michigan Department of Transportation’s Adopt-a-Highway ...