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Portion of Lyons Lake Road still blocked by snow

A portion of the Lyons Lake Road about 0.4 mile east of Calumet Mine Road is not open to through traffic due to extreme drifting across an open field area, the Dickinson County Road Commission advised Thursday. DCRC crews have been opening gravel roads for full-time residents as a first ...

UP pesticide applicators training, exams offered

ESCANABA — Michigan State University Extension and Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will offer pesticide applicator training and exams in the Upper Peninsula at Bay College in Escanaba from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, April 1. The program includes a ...

Second top Republican retires in battleground Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second Republican leader in the Wisconsin Legislature announced on Thursday he will not seek reelection this fall, another sign of the seismic shift in politics in the key battleground state as Democrats get increasingly optimistic about gaining a majority. The two ...

Region works to get back to normal after blizzard

IRON MOUNTAIN — The region continued to work to get back to normal Wednesday after enduring two winter storms in a week’s time, including a record-setting Blizzard Elsa. Residents and businesses were still busy clearing the more than 2 to 3 feet of snow that fell during the two-day ...

Drive-thru OK’d for 7 Brew Coffee in IM

IRON MOUNTAIN — A new drive-thru coffee shop is planned on a 1-acre site southeast of the Iron Mountain Pizza Hut at 1600 S. Stephenson Ave., near the intersection of Hydraulic Falls Road. An application from 7 Brew Coffee for a special use permit gained approval from Iron Mountain City ...