Rank MI Vote, the grassroots organization pushing for a ballot initiative to establish ranked choice voting in Michigan, has paused its statewide efforts to get that measure on the 2026 ballot. Rank MI Vote Executive Director Pat Zabawa wrote in a statement that the pause is happening as ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) ALPENA — Mary Rajasekhar had owned Olivet Book and Gift for 35 years when she decided last Christmas it was time to retire. But, with her ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — With no mail delivery on Christmas, The Daily News will not publish a newspaper Thursday. The Daily News office will close earlier than normal on Wednesday for Christmas Eve, at noon, and remain closed Thursday for the holiday. A newspaper will be published Friday. Regular ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Iron Mountain High School has announced that two students have received the Society of Women Engineers Certificate of Merit, provided by Michigan Technological University. Senior Georgia Mundy and junior Tessa Vicenzi were honored for their excellence in mathematics and ...

IRON RIVER — When Kalee Hernandez of Iron River launched her Upper Peninsula-inspired charcuterie gift box service, CharYooperie, in early December, she had no idea it would take off the way it has. "What started as a small idea has exploded into something the U.P. community has embraced ...