LANSING — Flu season is returning to Michigan as declining vaccination rates have become an important public health concern. Annual vaccinations help protect individuals from serious illness and reduce the risk of complications that can lead to hospitalization and death, medical experts ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Heather Nelson recently quit her job to devote herself to her real passion: her bakery business, U.P. Sweets LLC. “I took a gamble, leaving my full-time job to make this my full-time job,” she said. She previously worked at Bellin Health. The business, which operates ...
As fire crews battle to suppress and contain the Rugged Terrain Complex wildfires in the Upper Peninsula, officials have confirmed that a lightning strike was the cause of the Black River Fire in Gogebic County. In the Black River Fire, now 70% contained, it was the charring pattern on a ...
(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) It’s been almost a year since a study challenged Michigan’s long-established highest peak, but the study’s author can’t get his work ...
LANSING – Eighteen organizations will use $3.4 million in opioid settlement money to purchase or lease an additional 20 to 40 recovery residences in 14 counties, adding an estimated 200 to 300 beds, state officials announced. The state Department of Health and Human Services and the ...
Dickinson County Board will meet at 6 p.m. today in the circuit courtroom of the courthouse in Iron Mountain. The agenda includes 2027 budget discussions with department heads, the Dickinson-Iron Community Services Agency and senior center representatives, and a county employee dress code policy. Iron Mountain City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. The agenda includes a bid award for a plow truck. For more, go to https://www.ironmountainmi.gov/. Kingsford City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Kingsford City Hall. Items on the agenda include a ...
