IRON MOUNTAIN — A mandatory curbside recycling program may be implemented in Iron Mountain later this year, carrying a cost roughly estimated at $7 per household per month. Beginning this year, Michigan’s benchmark recycling standards require that 90% of single-family dwellings in urban ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Plans for a Circle K convenience store and gas station on North Lake Antoine Road at the current site of City Sales will be reviewed by city, county and state officials as some neighboring residents raise objections. Iron Mountain City Manager Jordan Stanchina said the ...

The federal government is recommending fewer childhood vaccinations, but the state of Michigan is saying no way. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended that the previous number of childhood vaccines of 17 be reduced to just 11 vaccinations. In a statement ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Peak flu season may be worse than usual this year, driven in part by a potent new strain of influenza. As of Monday, Michigan hospitals reported ...

The United Steel Workers Local 146 has made its annual holiday donations to area food pantries. They presented $1,000 checks to the Salvation Army Food Pantry, Iron Mountain and Norway St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantries, and Karen’s Food Pantry in Niagara, Wis. Local 146 members also gave ...

ESCANABA — The Escanaba High School girls basketball teams had an unexpected and frightening night Tuesday after leaving their game against Marquette when the school bus slid off an icy road and rolled on its side in a ditch. A few students were injured, none seriously. A passerby and ...