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Blood drive Wednesday

Local News

IRON RIVER — The American Legion Reino Post 21 will host a UP Health System Regional community blood drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at 212 Washington Ave., Iron River. Walk-ins are welcome. For more information, call 906-449-1450. All donations made with the UP Region Blood Center ...

Hydraulic Falls Road closure announced

Local News

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP — Hydraulic Falls Road will be closed to all traffic beginning today, until further notice, for guardrail upgrade and replacement. Closure will begin at We Energies Hydraulic Dam Road through to Menominee Street, the previously graveled portion of the road.

First Transcontinental Railroad had immediate impact on nation

Local News

(Editor’s note: This week’s installment of the America at 250 series focuses on the post-Civil War era and the growth of the nation. We shift to northern Utah to learn about the driving of the Golden Spike, which connected the east and west coasts of the growing nation through the first ...

US strikes Iran after drone boat rescues aviators

International News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on Iran following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic. Tehran vowed to respond. The strikes were "a ...

Fob’s Restaurant making a comeback in Crystal Falls

Local News

CRYSTAL FALLS — Fob’s Restaurant, a fixture in Crystal Falls for generations of customers, reopened June 1 in its original home at the Williams Mini-Mall on U.S. 2. Longtime employee Nancy Bonno had purchased the restaurant in 2016 after owner Eric Hagglund retired. Due to some later ...