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Proposed cuts to NOAA threaten Great Lakes research

(This story is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. This story was published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Some groups that ...

Board meetings, hearings scheduled

The Iron Mountain Board of Education will have a public hearing and the end of year meeting at 5 p.m. today in the media center in the high school. For more information, go to www.imschools.org. Norway Township Zoning Board of Appeals will have a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. today at the ...

Real horsepower

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP — When the chains clink and the team of draft horses leans into the harness, generations of history come alive. That’s the spirit behind the second-annual Moni Wender Horse Pull that returns next week preserves both competition and a tradition that has deep roots in the ...

Daily News seeks entries for its Ugly Chair Contest

Have a recliner that’s been repaired with duct tape three times? An easy chair with springs poking through the cushions? The favorite seat Dad refuses to give up, even though it may have seen better decades? It could be a contender in The Daily News’ Ugly Chair Contest. This contest ...

Michigan House speaker threatens budget stall

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — GOP House Speaker Matt Hall is threatening to hold up Michigan’s state budget unless Democrats in the state Senate start passing some ...

A week of reptile encounters at Six Mile Lake

I got home early enough from my job last Friday night that my mom was still awake. She had a story for me about her day but didn’t take photos because she was worried “I’d put it in the paper.” Good guess, because hell yeah I’d put this in the paper — my 86-year-old mom handled ...