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Remember when?

This week’s “Remember when?” — provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum — looks back at a local tavern on the north side of Iron Mountain. The photograph, which dates between 1940-1950, is a view of the inside of Pasquale's Tavern at 402 Fifth St. In the 1935 City ...

‘Radium Girls’ to be performed at IMHS

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain High School Drama Club will present “Radium Girls” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the auditorium. This powerful, moving drama tells the true story of the “shining girls” of the 1920s — young factory workers who fought for justice in the face of ...

MSU Extension, conservancy offer Vernal Pool Patrol field training

MARQUETTE — The Michigan State University Extension program, in partnership with the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy, will host a vernal pool patrol field training event at Tory’s Woods Nature Preserve from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time Sunday. A vernal pool is an ephemeral pool that ...

Marquette created as port to ship iron ore

(Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with 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 ...

Snowmobile trail fees to rise by $13 in Michigan

A required five-year adjustment for snowmobile trail permit fees will increase the price from $52 to $65 and will remain in place for the next five years, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. This change follows a statutory requirement — Public Act 400 of 2008 — to adjust ...

Evers, GOP leaders reach deal on tax relief, school funding

After months of negotiation, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican leaders in the Legislature said Monday they’ve reached a deal that would spend down the state’s budget surplus on tax relief and education. But whether the deal would actually pass appeared uncertain after several ...