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‘All aboard!’

(Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. For this week’s “America at 250” story, see page ...

UA opens new training facility in Escanaba

ESCANABA — The United Association of Plumbers/Pipefitters and HVAC Techs Local 111 gathered Friday to celebrate the grand opening of its new training facility in Escanaba. The Apprenticeship Training Center is a 12,000-square-foot facility built next to the UA Local 111’s existing ...

IM man admits to domestic violence, assault in 2025

IRON MOUNTAIN — An Iron Mountain man pleaded guilty Thursday to domestic violence and assault and battery that involved a Dickinson County District Court judge. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop a dangerous weapon-carrying with unlawful intent charge that had been the only felony ...

West Virginia born amid chaos of the Civil War

(Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...

Soo Line Steam Engine 730 Authority golf scramble Thursday

ESCANABA — Team registrations are still being accepted for the fifth-annual Gladstone Michigan Soo Line Steam Engine 730 Authority four-person, 18-hole Golf Scramble set for Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. The entry fee is $380 per four-person team. The tournament format is an ...

Details emerge of a potential Iran deal

CAIRO (AP) — The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday, though U.S. President Donald Trump said he told ...