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More families may now qualify for Michigan WIC program

LANSING — The income guidelines for the Michigan Women, Infants, and Children Program were recently adjusted due to federal guidelines, and more Michigan families may now qualify for benefits.  Under the updated WIC income eligibility guidelines, a family of four can now qualify with an annual income of up to $61,050, an increase of more than $1,500.  WIC, a U.S. Department of Agriculture program administered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, provides vital support to families by offering supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding ...

Dickinson sheriff issues report

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Sheriff Aaron Rochon has issued his monthly report for July. The road patrol served 75 civil process papers, investigated 223 complaints, handled 25 accidents, issued 100 citations and 260 verbal warnings, made 52 arrests — 18 of which were for outstanding warrants, including nine felonies — and completed 217 property checks. The K-9 officer conducted six searches, including two for local agencies and had three deployments resulting in arrest. There were nine transports, one to prison and eight miscellaneous. The correctional center had 94 ...

Art on the Rocks winners announced

MARQUETTE — The Lake Superior Art Association presented the 66th-annual Art on the Rocks Fine Art Show July 25-26 at Mattson Lower Harbor Park in Marquette. Art on the Rocks is a juried fine art fair hosted each year on the last full weekend of July. Art on the Rocks featured over 100 ...

Macker is back: Basketball action starts Friday in IM

IRON MOUNTAIN — Get ready to dribble, dunk and cheer as Gus Macker is back, bringing hundreds of basketball players and spectators to Iron Mountain this weekend. Streets will be transformed into a sea of courts for competition and entertainment for three days of family fun and community ...

Michigan court funding unresolved, board told

IRON MOUNTAIN — Action is needed in the Michigan Legislature as a law that allows courts to collect fees from criminal defendants is set to expire Dec. 31, Dickinson County commissioners were told this week. Stephan Currie, executive director of the Michigan Association of Counties, said ...

Feds issue Line 5 tunnel permit

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has permitted construction of Enbridge Energy’s controversial Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of ...