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Kingsford tax rate to stay flat for 2026

KINGSFORD — There will be little change in the millage rate to support city government under a budget approved this week by Kingsford City Council. The operating millage will dip to 17.8 mills, or $17.80 cents per $1,000 of taxable value, down 20 cents from the current 18 mills. The fire and pension levy remains at 2 mills, but the public works levy — approved in 1997 for general obligation bonds for the construction of a public works building — will rise by 0.17 mills to 0.85 mills. All told, the city’s levies will add up to 20.65 mills, or $20.65 per $1,000 of taxable ...

Street closures OK’d for IM Gus Macker

IRON MOUNTAIN — Street closures for Iron Mountain’s Gus Macker tournament will depart slightly from previous years as the Dream Court will move off Carpenter Avenue to Hughitt Street just north of the Imagination Factory Community Center. As approved by the city council earlier, ...

Sault Ste. Marie shooting incident leaves one dead

SAULT STE. MARIE — An apparent domestic dispute in Sault Ste. Marie on Thursday left one person dead and a second injured from flying glass, police said. Officers were called about 1:40 p.m. Thursday to a residence on Young Street on reports of multiple gunshots fired, according to the Sault Ste. Marie Police Department. While officers were enroute, they were advised that a man had shot himself, the department stated in a news release. Police determined a domestic dispute had led up to a man shooting at a neighboring residence several times, leaving an occupant with minor injuries ...

Still waiting to see if loon nest yields chicks

The watch continues on whether Six Mile Lake’s loon pair will successfully hatch chicks this summer. A loon was still on nest Friday, roughly two weeks since I’d spotted one among the tall grasses and other vegetation in a narrow side pool where the lake flows into Six Mile Creek. While ...

No retirement plan? State bills could change that

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — A split Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed legislation requiring the state Treasury to create automatic retirement savings plans for ...

Blood drives set for coming weeks

MARQUETTE — Two upcoming American Red Cross blood drives have been set for Kingsford, with others in Florence, Wis., and Powers. The first will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, 395 Hamilton Ave., and the second will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at Maranatha Assembly of God, 920 S. Carpenter Ave. A blood drive also will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Wild Rivers Interpretive Center, 5628 Forestry Drive in Florence. An additional blood drive is planned from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, at the Powers Spalding Fire ...