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Golden Apple scholarship applications due April 1

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CHICAGO — Applications are due soon for Golden Apple’s newly launched scholarship program in Michigan. Targeted toward high school seniors as well as freshman and sophomore college students, the program provides up to $15,000 in financial assistance, extensive classroom teaching ...

Holy Tuesday: Chorus ready to present annual music program

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KINGSFORD — The annual Holy Tuesday Ecumenical Service, sponsored by the Dickinson County Community Chorus and the Iron Mountain Area Clergy Association, is set for Tuesday at American Martyrs Catholic Church. The program, titled “One Solitary Life,” will begin at 7 p.m. at the church, ...

Kingsford set to start on water mains, lines replacement

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KINGSFORD — The city of Kingsford will have an utility rate study conducted that could result in increases to water bills. The city plans to complete three water main and service line replacement projects by 2027 as part of its effort to comply with a state mandate to replace lead pipes. ...

Rick’s Haircuts keeps barber tradition alive at IM site

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Rick’s Haircuts is a throwback to old-fashioned barber shops. Yet that’s not because he comes from a family line before him, even though owner Rick Hiltonen himself has a long history in hair. Hiltonen began at age 16 cutting his uncle’s hair and got better and ...

Markkanen calls for liquor control reforms in Michigan

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IRON MOUNTAIN — An audit that found the Michigan Liquor Control Commission was unable to account for more than 62,000 bottles of spirits in early 2022 points to “widespread failures” that must be addressed, an Upper Peninsula state lawmaker says. The value of the missing bottles totaled ...

Fire damages Breitung home

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BREITUNG TOWNSHIP — No one was injured but a residence on Nocerini Road has heavy damage after a fire late Saturday night that lasted into early Sunday. The Breitung Township Fire Department was called about 10:30 p.m. and found on arrival that flames already were showing through the roof ...