KINGSFORD — Only 141 households in Kingsford have signed up for a voluntary curbside recycling program, leading City Manager Michael Stelmaszek to propose the city join with Iron Mountain to apply for a state grant that might call for a mandatory program. Michigan’s benchmark recycling ...

DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked Michigan's ban on conversion therapy for minors who are LGBTQ+, declaring it violates the First Amendment rights of therapists and counselors. In a 2-1 opinion, the court said the law illegally restricts speech that reflects the ...

ESCANABA — The Players de Noc will do a live recording of the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life" as a radio show at 7:30 p.m. Friday on the Besse Theater Stage at Bay College. Attendance to the live recording is free, "our annual gift to the community," the group states on its website. ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — An ordinance governing bike trails in Iron Mountain will be updated to bring it in line with state rules that prohibit motorized bikes — except pedal-assisted e-bikes with speeds up to 20 mph. Trails that have been developed in cooperation with Dickinson Trail Network are ...

ELM RIVER TOWNSHIP — Houghton County on Saturday had one of Michigan's first snowmobile deaths this winter when an Illinois man was killed in a crash on an Elm River Township trail. Houghton County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched at 7:40 p.m. Eastern time Saturday to the Bill ...