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Stephens Real Estate expands IM sales team

Business

IRON MOUNTAIN — Chelsea Thoreson of Vulcan and Melinda Blazier of Niagara, Wis., have joined Stephens Real Estate’s Iron Mountain office as full-time realtors. Thoreson studied pre-med at Northern Michigan University and earned her real estate licenses for both Michigan and Wisconsin ...

KHS grad makes Forbes’ list

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Kingsford High School Class of 2013 graduate Robyn To has been named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Class of 2025, which spotlights young entrepreneurs and innovators who are disrupting industries and making an impact globally. To, now of Long Beach, Calif., made the list under the Games category. ...

Winners drawn in $20K Holy Spirit Catholic School raffle

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NORWAY — This year’s $10,000 grand prize winner in the fifth-annual Holy Spirit Catholic School raffle fundraiser drawing was Mark Sanicki of Niagara, Wis. Other cash prize winners were Michele Haferkorn of Norway, second, $4,000; Mona Servia of Norway, third, $3,000; the Groeneveld ...

Iron County OKs $23K in funding for health educator

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CRYSTAL FALLS — The Iron County Board on Tuesday voted to spend $23,000 in opioid settlement funds annually for the next five years to hire a health educator to work with area youth on substance abuse and violence prevention as part of a joint effort with Dickinson County. The Dickinson ...

Michigan lawmakers split on gun buyback bills

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Legislation that eliminates allowances for Michigan State Police to sell or otherwise dispose of surrendered firearms without destroying them has passed a House committee and now moves to the full House for consideration. House bills 6144-6146 were introduced after a New York Times ...

Police response training in IM

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Several local law enforcement agencies — including the Dickinson County Sheriff Department, Iron Mountain Police and Kingsford Public Safety — participated in a training exercise Wednesday afternoon that set up a hostage scenario at a house near U.S. 2 on Iron Mountain’s north side. The ...