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Beekeepers UP conference planned March 28

HARRIS — The Northwoods Beekeepers Club will host an Upper Peninsula Beekeeping Conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, March 28, at the Island Resort and Casino in Harris. Keynote speaker is Candace Rose Casados, who will present "Bees Through Time and Cultures." She is ...

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church hosts blood drive

IRON MOUNTAIN — Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Iron Mountain will host a UP Health System Regional Blood Center blood drive from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 30. Walk-ins are welcome. For more information, contact the center at 906-449-1450. All donations made with the U.P. Regional ...

Moving mountains of snow

Iron Mountain Department of Public Works crews continued with snow removal on Thursday after Blizzard Elsa. Workers relocated a mountain of snow from a downtown parking lot on Hughitt Street, truckload by truckload, to a Chapin Pit area dump site. By late afternoon the lot was cleared. The ...

Man dies in Pembine fire; woman, 2 children injured

PEMBINE, Wis. — A 30-year-old Pembine man died and three other people, including two children, were injured as agencies responded to a fire Tuesday morning at a home in the town of Pembine. Roy J. Newling was pronounced dead after being removed from the home by firefighters, Marinette ...

Appeals court denies new trial for man in near-fatal beating

A Bark River man convicted in the near-fatal beating of his ex-wife in August 2022 will not get a new trial, the Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled. The appeals court March 11 affirmed decisions the lower court had made on several challenges Lloyd Jarvi raised over his trial, including ...

Sparing 8,000 doctors, Michigan lawmakers reach medical compact deal

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Michigan legislative leaders say they’ve reached a deal that will allow an estimated 8,000 doctors to continue practicing medicine ...