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Paczki for Fat Tuesday

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In celebration of Fat Tuesday today, Tadych’s Marketplace Foods of Iron Mountain has been busy making hundreds of dozens of the traditional paczki. From early Monday though noon today they will crank out about 10,000 of the Polish doughnuts to start of the Lenten season, store staff said. ...

Dickinson backs repeal of state law on renewable energy siting

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IRON MOUNTAIN — A statewide ballot initiative aimed at repealing a Michigan renewable energy siting law has the support of Dickinson County Board. The board voted 4-1 Monday to adopt a resolution in support of restoring local control for wind and solar operations and backing a petition drive ...

Ship lost in 1940 found in Lake Superior

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WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain announced ...

New gun laws take effect on MSU shooting anniversary

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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Professor Marco Diaz-Munoz spent the past year trying to suppress the images, seared into his memory, of the gunman who entered his classroom at Michigan State University, killed two of his students and left others with critical wounds. He expects a flood of ...

Wisconsin’s Republicans eye surprise open US House seat

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The surprise retirement of a GOP congressman in a solidly Republican Wisconsin congressional district has potential candidates weighing a run, even as a former state lawmaker quickly jumped into the race. U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher announced Saturday that he won’t run ...

Republican Michigan lawmaker loses staff, committee assignment

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A Republican lawmaker in Michigan lost his committee assignment and staff Monday, days after posting an image of a racist ideology on social media. House Speaker Joe Tate, a Democrat who is Black, said he will not allow the House to be a forum for “racist, hateful and bigoted ...