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Kingsford tax rate to stay flat for 2026

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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 ...

Street closures OK’d for IM Gus Macker

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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, Carpenter ...

Sault Ste. Marie shooting incident leaves one dead

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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 ...

Still waiting to see if loon nest yields chicks

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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

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(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 ...