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Alessandrini remains IM mayor; deer pen’s fate in major doubt

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Dale Alessandrini will begin his 13th straight year as Iron Mountain mayor and Kyle Blomquist will remain mayor pro tem, the city council has decided. The council’s reorganizational meeting Monday followed a Nov. 4 election in which three incumbents were unopposed on the ...

IM council gets mixed response to curbside recycling proposal

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IRON MOUNTAIN — A curbside recycling program under consideration in Iron Mountain drew comments of support from citizens Monday, although some had reservations about the cost. If the city acquires recycling carts, and has mandatory recycling, the cost per household would be about $6.35 per ...

Kingsford fire victim identified

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KINGSFORD — The name of a woman who perished in an apartment fire early Saturday morning has been released by the Kingsford Public Safety Department. The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Katrina Miilu, according to the release. She resided in the lone upstairs ...

Back to the Present

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This week’s photo, provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum, gives a glimpse of what hunting camp looked like in the 1890s. Hunters posed near the primitive shelter in Florence County, Wis., after what looks to have been a successful hunt. The buck pole is fastened between two tall ...

Shortage of rural doctors won’t end anytime soon, report says

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For at least the next dozen years, rural areas will continue to have only about two-thirds of the primary care physicians they need, according to a report released Monday. The nonprofit Commonwealth Fund based its analysis on federal health workforce data. Its report comes just days after ...