OCONTO, Wis. (AP) — A house fire in northeastern Wisconsin has killed four people, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the house in Oconto just before 3 a.m. Friday. Emergency crews arrived to find the house engulfed in flames. Crews were not able go inside until several hours ...
The Dickinson Area Community Foundation, along with affiliate Norway Area Community Foundation, recently awarded a $250 mini-grant to the Norway-Vulcan Middle School. The funds will be used to set up a comfortable place to read and relax in the middle school library. This project is being ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A Kingsford man has been arrested on a drug charge, a local drug enforcement team said Thursday. Matthew McKee, 41, is charged with one count of the delivery or manufacture of methamphetamine, according to a release from the KIND Drug Enforcement Team. The delivery or ...
ESCANABA — The Bay College Math Science Division will host a public talk by Dr. Renee Richer exploring the relationship between water quality and neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Alzheimers, and Parkinsons disease. Dr. Richer’s presentation, titled “From Qatar to Kipling: ...
ISHPEMING — Tuesday will mark 133 years that skiers from all over the world have come together to soar over Ishpeming. The annual Ski Jumping Tournament at Suicide Bowl, located off County Road in Negaunee at the Ishpeming Ski Club, will be held on Tuesday, featuring skiers from all over ...
Porsche Visna sleds in her back yard on Iron Mountain Street in Iron Mountain. Thursday’s cold — temperatures throughout the region dropped below zero overnight — was to give way today to warmer temperatures but also snow, with 5 to 9 inches possible, according to the National Weather ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Northern Lights YMCA Dickinson Center kicked off its 2020 annual campaign Thursday evening at Pine Grove Country Club with a goal of raising $73,000. The YMCA annual campaign raises money so all in the Dickinson County and surrounding communities can have access to YMCA ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s child-welfare law would be updated to clarify that caseworkers must make contact within 24 hours to assess the well-being of each child in a household where abuse or neglect is suspected under a bill approved Thursday by the state House. The measure and ...
HOUGHTON — State Rep. Greg Markkanen testified Wednesday before the House Agriculture Committee in support of a plan he introduced to solve a problem brought to light by an Upper Peninsula veterinarian. Markkanen, of Houghton, said Dr. Kellie Holmstrom has run into problems because clients ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — There were no injuries Thursday after a structure fire at 901 E. G St. in Iron Mountain. Firefighters responded at 9:24 p.m. after embers fell out of a fireplace and burned through the floor of the home, according to the Iron Mountain Fire Department. The embers dropped ...
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Police say a suspect is dead following a police shooting in Wausau. Both Wausau officers and deputies from the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the shooting on the city’s west side about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a statement from police. No ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will meet at noon Tuesday, Jan. 28 at Maple Creek Restaurant in Iron Mountain for lunch with meeting to follow. All are welcome.
Chris Tomassucci/Daily News photo The Balsam Street Christian Church youth group of Kingsford recently collected and donated $200 and much-needed food items for Backpack Blessings, a program at Breitung Township Schools which sends food home each weekend to children in need. Marci Veale, ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge sentenced an Oshkosh man to a month behind bars for buying a rifle for a boy who boasted online that the weapon was a “new school shooter gun.” U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced 19-year-old Hunter Nicholson on Wednesday in Green Bay ...
HARRIS — The Hannahville Indian Community Tribal Council has approved a $30 million expansion of the Island Resort and Casino to add more 100 hotel rooms and a pool with “water park features.” The addition will be connected to the south end of the current 11-story Palm Tower, complete ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Snow arriving Friday night will affect travel across the Upper Peninsula, the National Weather Service advised today. The storm carries the potential for moderate to possibly heavy snow in much of the region, mainly Friday night into Saturday, forecasters said. From 7 p.m. ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A 39-year-old Kingsford woman has been arrested on a drug charge, a local drug enforcement team said Thursday. Julie Miller is charged with one count of the delivery or manufacture of a methamphetamine, according to a release from the KIND Drug Enforcement Team. The ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources would have to warn visitors to state properties about Lyme disease and sell them insect repellent under a pair of bipartisan bills the state Assembly overwhelmingly approved Wednesday. The Senate passed the measures in October. ...
LANSING — Effective March 1, Michigan’s regular Recreation Passport vehicle entry fee at state parks and recreation areas for residents will increase from $11 to $12. This is the first Recreation Passport price increase since January 2013, according to the state Department of Natural ...
Frosty the Snowman of the Dickinson-Iron Community Services Agency is getting ready for the Frosty 5K & Merry Mile that will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Iron Mountain Senior Center in Iron Mountain. The Frosty 5K & Merry Mile is a run/walk fundraiser for DICSA’s community ...