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More road restrictions lifted in Upper Peninsula

Local News

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Transportation continues to adjust spring weight restriction areas in an annual move to protect roads. Effective at 7 a.m. today, weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including ...

Golf scramble set May 31 at Young’s

Local News

IRON RIVER — The Iron Area Health Foundation 2026 Golf Scramble Fundraiser will be Sunday, May 31, at Young’s Recreation and Golf Complex. The four-person team scramble will begin with registration at 8:30 a.m. and a shotgun start at 10 a.m. The entry fee is $260 per team and $25 per cart ...

Donation to enhance health care training at Bay in Iron Mountain

Local News

IRON MOUNTAIN — Bay College students at the Iron Mountain Campus will benefit from new training equipment thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. A recent donation funded the purchase of a new muscular anatomy model and hospital beds, providing valuable resources for students ...

Tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz

International News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. forces fired on and disabled two Iranian oil tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz overnight. The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile and drone attack. The attacks cast more ...

M-28 project in Houghton, Baraga counties starts Monday

Local News

ISHPEMING — The Michigan Department of Transportation is investing about $7.2 million to resurface more than 21 miles of M-28 in Baraga and Houghton counties from the Houghton/Ontonagon county line to Leo South Road. The project includes asphalt overlay, cold milling, culvert repair work, ...

US stock market falls from records as oil prices yo-yo

Business

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell from their records Thursday after oil prices yo-yoed as Wall Street waits to see whether its hopes for a deal to end the Iran war are warranted or just wishful. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil settled at $100.06, down 1.2%, and continued its ...