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Tri-City Cinemas lifts curtain on new restaurant, gaming area

QUINNESEC — The 9,000-square-foot addition to Tri-City Cinemas in Quinnesec is now open to provide food and entertainment to all ages. “I’m very pleased with how it turned out. I think it’s going to be a great addition to the community. I thank all the workers and construction people ...

Congress looking at law that’s helped Packers for decades

As Congress investigates a federal law from the 1960s, Wisconsin Republicans find themselves on different sides of the issue — and the Green Bay Packers are on edge. The House Judiciary Committee last week took testimony about the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, questioning whether it still ...

Can Great Lakes waves provide reliable power to Beaver Island?

(This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.) A group of University of Michigan researchers was to test devices that convert wave energy into electricity off the shores of Beaver Island ...

Meetings in the area this week

Iron County Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Pentoga Park Pavilion, 1630 County Road 424, Crystal Falls. The agenda includes a review of park operations. Breitung Township School District Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. today in the Kingsford High School Media Center. Breitung ...

USDA Rural Development event Tuesday in Marquette

MARQUETTE — U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Michigan State Director Dom Restuccia and U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement Senior Advisor Jason Allen will attend a community engagement event Tuesday in Marquette. The Upper Peninsula ...