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They have the answers: WIC team takes High School Bowl title

IRON RIVER — Fresh off their first win in the Upper Peninsula High School Bowl tournament, the West Iron County High School team is heading to a national competition. The team was to leave today for the National Academic Quiz Tournament Small School National Championship this weekend at the ...

Norway senior gets paid position with IM DDA

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain Downtown Development Authority will have an extra set of hands this summer. Aaliyah Milbraith is able to continue her position with the DDA through a partnership with the city of Iron Mountain and U.P. Michigan Works! The Norway High School senior ...

MMC-D’s hospice on track for accreditation

IRON MOUNTAIN — The hospice program at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson has passed a significant measure toward accreditation, hospital officials said. The program underwent a three-day initial survey by The Joint Commission, an Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois-based enterprise that is ...

Solberg’s plans to reopen in Felch

FELCH TOWNSHIP — Solberg’s Bar & Grill plans to reopen today, roughly two days after a fire left two neighboring houses in ruins and the owner of the business and a companion with serious burns. A post on Solberg’s Bar & Grill’s Facebook page stated the business remained ...

Kingsford to begin collecting spring rubbish on Monday

KINGSFORD — The city of Kingsford will begin collecting spring rubbish on Monday. Collection will start in the Ford Addition, then proceed to the Heights, Garden Village, Breitung and outlying areas. The city will do one pass and charge a minimum of $100 for making special ...

Power line starts grass fire

KINGSFORD — The Kingsford Public Safety Department responded at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday to the 400 block of Waverly Street for reports of a power line arcing, causing sparks to fall to the ground and igniting a small grass fire. Public safety officers responding were able to extinguish the ...