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UP jobless rate drops to 5.2%

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in June, down from 5.9% in May and 6.1% a year ago, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. DTMB reported a civilian labor force of 132,600 in the U.P. in June with 6,900 unemployed. That compared with 7,900 jobless in a workforce of 132,800 in May. Over the year, the size of the region’s labor force was down by 10,300 while the number of jobless fell by 1,900. That reflected a statewide trend as the size of Michigan’s labor force ...

Event Sunday in IM to honor Dr. Jacobs

BOUQUET The community will have the chance Sunday afternoon to say thanks to longtime area family physician Dr. Donald Jacobs. Local families, physicians, nursing and medical center staff and others are invited to Pine Grove Country Club, 520 W. Hughitt St. in Iron Mountain, from 2 to 5 ...

Armstrong Creek celebrates roots with Polish Heritage Day

ARMSTRONG CREEK, Wis. — The 35th-annual Polish Heritage Day, which boasts “non-stop polka music” and other nods to the community’s roots, is set for today at the public park in Armstrong Creek. The event starts with a Polish Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church, ...

Bohnak’s bill to bar big investors from buying more homes becomes law

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this week signed a new law to bar large private investors from buying single-family homes in Michigan if they ...

Kingsford OKs property sales on Evergreen Court

KINGSFORD — Three city lots on Evergreen Court in Kingsford will be sold to Josh McCole and Company LLC of Kingsford. The price was set by the city council at $16,320 per lot, with an agreement that the homes be at least 1,450 square feet in size, with a basement. Because three houses will be built, the developer will have an extra amount of time for completion. In other business, the council: — Approved an ordinance that is required as part of Michigan Drinking Water State Revolving Fund monies the city will receive for project No. 4. The funding is in the amount of $4 million ...

Wildlife group works to restore Lake Antoine pier

IRON MOUNTAIN — The public fishing pier at Lake Antoine — built and maintained by Wildlife Unlimited of Dickinson County — is out of service this year due to extensive ice damage. The pier at Jim and Ida Goulette Park has been in place for more than 35 years and has become a valued ...