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Sunday Funday event at Lake Antoine Park

IRON MOUNTAIN — Lake Antoine Park Partners will host a Sunday Funday from 1 to 4 p.m. to promote its “Everyone Plays!” beachfront playground. “We want to recognize what we have accomplished with our awesome community,” LAPP President Allison Lucier said. “We encourage everyone to come and try out the new equipment, play some games and enjoy treats at the park.” The free, family-friendly event will feature yard games, a bake sale and concessions, including popcorn, frozen pops, soda and water. LAPP merchandise also will be available for purchase. Board members will be ...

Millan retires from VA after 18 years of federal service

IRON MOUNTAIN — After 18 years of federal service, Kara Millan of Armstong Creek, Wis., retired from the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain on June 30. She was born in Chicago and lived there until age 13, when her family moved “up north” to Wisconsin. Millan ...

USCG Station Portage under new leadership

DOLLAR BAY — U.S. Coast Guard Station Portage underwent an official change of command on July 10. A formal ceremony was conducted at Dollar Bay schools complete with a color guard, a personnel inspection and a reading of orders. These elements are all conducted to a formally prescribed ...

Region endures another day of hazardous wildfire smoke

IRON MOUNTAIN — The statewide air quality alert will remain in place at least through today as very unhealthy to hazardous conditions from wildfire smoke continue to grip the region. Meteorologists at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy extended the alert ...

Dickinson embraces scrap rubber to improve roads

The Dickinson County Road Commission reports that nearly all of the county roads paved so far this summer have used rubber-modified asphalt, saving scrap tires from landfills. “This year, all our locally bid projects have used asphalt modified with scrap-tire rubber,” Road Commission ...

IM man extradited from Alaska to face sexual conduct charges

IRON MOUNTAIN — A 42-year-old Iron Mountain man has been extradited from Ketchikan, Alaska, to Dickinson County after being charged with first and second degree criminal sexual conduct, the Michigan State Police report. According to a MSP news release, the MSP post in Iron Mountain on Dec. ...