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Three to be inducted into BTS Hall of Fame

KINGSFORD — Richard Berlinski, Alvin “Dutch” Cummings and Debbie Poulson will be the third class of inductees into the Breitung Township Schools Achievement Hall of Fame, district officials announced. The event will be Friday, Oct. 9, with a social time beginning at 11:30 a.m. and ...

Motorist hits West Iron school bus

A 27-year-old Iron County woman was treated for injuries after the Saturn Aura she was driving rear-ended a West Iron County Public Schools bus on U.S. 2 near Sunset Lake Road early Monday, according to the Iron County Sheriff's Office. The driver of the bus and one student passenger were not injured, the sheriff's office said in a news release. "Preliminary investigation shows the bus was stopped with the stop arm and flashing red lights activated at the time of the accident," the news release stated. Deputies were dispatched to the site at about 7 a.m. and investigation ...

Line 5 restarts in Wisconsin with bypass around leak site

Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline in Wisconsin has returned to service through the use of a temporary bypass around the site of a major gas leak last month in Iron County, the company announced Monday. Enbridge said it worked closely with federal regulators and local officials to protect ...

Court order results in thousands taken off sex offender registry

The Michigan Department of State Police have begun the process of removing individuals from the state’s sex offender registry after a Michigan Supreme Court ruling that said the Legislature’s 2021 amendments to the Sex Offender Registration Act could not retroactively extend registration ...

Rule to deny green cards to immigrants using public benefits challenged

NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic-led states and cities filed lawsuits Monday challenging a federal rule set to begin Friday that they say gives President Donald Trump’s administration broad discretion to deny green cards to immigrants who rely on public assistance for food, healthcare, housing ...

US 41 lane closures for M-35 work begin today

NEGAUNEE — Motorists should expect lane closures on U.S. 41/M-28 near the M-35 intersection east of Negaunee beginning today. Contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation will be working on M-35, requiring these traffic restrictions: — Eastbound U.S. 41 will have one lane closed near the M-35 intersection. — The westbound U.S. 41 direct turn onto southbound M-35 will be closed and traffic will be routed to the next crossover to the west to turn south onto M-35. One alternating lane of traffic will be open on M-35 under flag control. These lane restrictions are ...