SAGOLA — Five individuals were recognized earlier this week for their role in rescuing a Ontonagon man after he broke through the ice on Lake Gogebic in March 2024. The ceremony during the Michigan Department of Natural Resources meeting Monday at the Sagola Township Sportsmen's Club in ...

A union representing Michigan corrections officers is sounding alarms over an increase in violent assaults against prison staff, alleging the state is too often holding dangerous prisoners in lower-security settings not designed to house them. In 2024, there were 71 assaults on employees at ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — For the 20th consecutive year, the John Fornetti Dental Center of Iron Mountain will host “Dentistry from the Heart” on Saturday. The program runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and operates on a “first come, first served” basis. No advance appointments will be ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Sheriff Aaron Rochon has issued his monthly report for December. The road patrol served 86 civil process papers, investigated 152 complaints, handled 38 accidents, issued 24 citations and 198 verbal warnings, made 29 arrests — nine of which were for ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — “None of us feel good about it, but it has to be done,” council member David Farragh said after a vote Monday to eliminate the iconic but troubled deer pen at Iron Mountain City Park. The decision was more than a year in the making after citizens in January 2025 ...

KINGSFORD — The Kingsford City Council on Monday authorized seeking engineering bids for two projects that will be completed after July 1 and be included in next year's budget. One project will be to install a sewer line in the alley of the 400 block between Doraland and Roseland streets, ...