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Region has full slate of Independence Day events

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Local communities are getting ready to celebrate Independence Day this weekend with parades, picnics, games and live music. Scheduled events include: IRON MOUNTAIN-KINGSFORD — The 2025 Iron Mountain-Kingsford Independence Day parade is set to step off at 9 a.m. Friday. ...

Anderson tapped as next Dickinson County prosecutor

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Attorney Abbey Anderson has been named to become the new Dickinson County prosecutor effective Aug. 1. Anderson will replace Lisa Richards, who announced in June she plans to retire July 31. A Republican, Richards was reelected without opposition to a four-year term in ...

Supreme Court to take up state’s Enbridge pipeline suit

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel belongs in state court. Nessel sued in state court in June 2019 seeking to ...

Dickinson Conservation District annual meeting set for Aug. 21

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KINGSFORD — The 77th-annual meeting and board elections for Dickinson Conservation District will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at the Dickinson County Library, 401 Iron Mountain St. in Iron Mountain. The event will include updates from Dickinson Conservation District, Wild Rivers ...

COVID-19 tracking comes to an end

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ESCANABA — The days of tracking COVID-19 infections are coming to an end due to a series of decisions at the federal and state level. At the beginning of the pandemic, a number of tracking programs were created to monitor COVID-19 infections and the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for them. ...