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Proposal seeks to forgive school closures caused by extreme weather

LANSING – This academic year, school districts in the Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan experienced severe winter weather that forced many administrators to close far more often than expected. The superintendent of Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools in Otsego County, Katy ...

Human remains found after Stephenson fire

STEPHENSON — Human remains were recovered Thursday after a structure fire early Wednesday in Stephenson. Menominee County Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters were called about 4 a.m. Wednesday to a home on Robert Street in Stephenson. While no one was found in the home during ...

Marshfield Clinic offers behavioral health grants

MARSHFIELD, Wis. – Marshfield Clinic is now accepting applications for two school-based youth mental health programs open to eligible schools across the Marshfield Clinic service area. School districts in Dickinson County are eligible to receive the grant as well as districts in Florence ...

Taking a seat at Fumee

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP — The Fumee Lake Commission plans to add 12 new benches to the natural area in late spring or early summer, all made by the Pine Creek Woodworking team in Quinnesec. Chair Sandra Adams said the commission had noticed the benches were deteriorating, “so we were trying ...

Events to honor woman killed in fire, raise funds for family

He figures his mother tried to save the pets. Two dogs, Ripley and Finn, and Max the cat. His mother adored their animals. Bryce Salo had gone to bed early, about 9 p.m., the night of April 21, he said. He was upstairs, his parents still downstairs. He woke after 11 p.m. to screaming. ...

Dickinson to end more road weight restrictions

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Road Commission will lift seasonal weight restrictions on county roads south of M-69 East, Carbis Road, Bush Lake Road, Kramer Road, Sunset Road and Johnson Lane (West), beginning at 6 a.m. Central time Monday. The DCRC lifted restrictions on county ...