IRON MOUNTAIN — The city council Monday approved a 10% increase in Iron Mountain’s water and sewer charges, representing just a portion of the revenue needed to replace lead service lines over the next 20 years. The new rate — a monthly increase of about $6 for moderate usage — ...
KINGSFORD — There were no injuries Monday after two fires at separate locations in Kingsford. Officers were called to the first fire at 3:54 p.m., when a tree fell on an overhead power line in the 300 block of North Boulevard, according to a release from Kingsford Public Safety. The ...
NORWAY — The Norway City Council approved a COVID-19 preparedness and response plan Monday to comply with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order, issued earlier in the day, toward a partial reopening of some businesses in the region. The order requires employers that intend to resume ...
Aksel Hutchinson, a kindergarten student in Shannon Rosenthal’s classroom at North Elementary in Iron Mountain, took advantage of sunshine and warmer weather and did his homework outside.
By BRIAN CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer CRYSTALS FALLS — The Iron County Board on has tabled a motion to fund legal fee agreements with two public defenders. The agreements would have Nancy Schaub and Abbey Anderson serve as court-appointed attorneys until Dec. 31 at a monthly rate of ...
KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) — The family of two Wisconsin brothers who were killed in Missouri last year has reached a $2 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the man charged with killing them and his mother. The family of Nicholas and Justin Diemel of Shawano County, ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Restaurants, bars and other retail businesses can reopen in much of northern Michigan starting Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday — a key step for the tourism-dependent region before the Memorial Day weekend and summer season. Social gatherings of up ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Ball Road in Norway Township will be closed through Friday for railroad reconstruction, said the Dickinson County Road Commission. The initial schedule had called for the road to reopen Thursday.
Brooklynn and Liam Sullivan play on a homemade teeter totter outside their home on West Hughitt Street in Iron Mountain.
FLORENCE, Wis. — The Florence County School District has announced its top students for the Florence High School Class of 2020. They are: — Haley Behrmann, 18, lives in Long Lake, Wis., with her mother, Jenny Behrmann. She has three brothers, Billy, Logan and Corbin. Behrmann earned ...
NORWAY — Norway-Vulcan Superintendent Louis Steigerwald had few answers for the school board about the effect COVID-19 would have on the district, even after a two-hour meeting with a liaison in Lansing. “There are a lot more questions out there than there are answers,” Steigerwald ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A number of homes had to be evacuated for several hours Saturday after a gas leak at a residence in the 100 block of West D Street in Iron Mountain. Firefighters were called to the residence at 1:16 p.m. after the homeowner unintentionally severed the gas line to the house, ...
State health officials this weekend listed new COVID-19 cases in Gogebic and Marquette counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, while among Wisconsin counties in the region the counts rose in Forest and Marinette counties. In Marquette County, the Eastwood Nursing Center in Negaunee reported ...
SURING, Wis. (AP) — State agents are investigating a fatal shooting by sheriff’s deputies in Oconto County. The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation says the shooting happened about 7 p.m. Sunday in the Suring area. The Oconto County Sheriff’s Office ...
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan health department said Sunday that 11 new COVID-19 deaths were recorded in Michigan overall, though no new deaths were registered in Detroit for the day. The number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 in the state since the coronavirus pandemic began stands at ...
The Niagara Board of Education will meet at 4 p.m. today in the Niagara High School LMC. The agenda includes budget information, summer breakfast and lunches, and discussions on grading and extracurricular pay. Iron Mountain City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today via Zoom at https: ...
NORWAY — Norway High School will collect materials from its seniors and distribute graduation cords, medals and National Honor Society stoles from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. The district had its last day of classes for seniors Friday. Such items as iPads, chargers, textbooks and library ...
Addison Zychowski works on her egg drop experiment for her science class. She is a student at Woodland Elementary School in Kingsford.
KINGSFORD — There were no injuries Saturday after a grass fire on the 400 block of Riverhills Road in Kingsford. Officers responded to the fire at 3:26 a.m., when a caller warned the blaze was spreading up a hill and nearing a residence, according to a release from Kingsford Public ...
Green Bay, Wis. — Campus leaders of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will extend furlough plans through December as the university continues to manage the financial impacts brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The plan requires faculty and staff to take unpaid leave and will result in ...