Late prep for the jumps

Three athletes prepare to head up for another training jump Thursday at Pine Mountain. A field of 40 jumpers will compete this weekend in the Sanford Health Marshfield Clinic FIS Continental Cup. Official training jumps were scheduled today at ...

February 20, 2026

Tax incentive for commercial investment lapses, IM learns

By: Jim Anderson

IRON MOUNTAIN — A Michigan property tax abatement program adopted in 2005 to promote building improvements has sunsetted, but certificates in effect will continue until they expire, Iron Mountain City Council learned this week. The Commercial ...

February 20, 2026

Wisconsin passes expanded post-birth Medicaid for moms

By: By SCOTT BAUER

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Women in Wisconsin will soon be eligible to receive expanded Medicaid coverage for up to a year after giving birth after near-unanimous passage of a measure Thursday by the Wisconsin Assembly that would leave Arkansas as ...

February 20, 2026

IM earns UP boys bowling crown

By: Daily News staff

Boys and girls bowling teams from Iron Mountain reached the finals of the 2026 Upper Peninsula tournament in Ishpeming, with the boys winning the U.P. title and the girls placing second. Nine boys teams and seven girls teams from across the ...

February 20, 2026

Kingsford sends 16 to UP swim finals

By: RON DEUTER

IRON MOUNTAIN – The best high school swimmers in the U.P. converge Saturday at Marquette Senior High School for the U.P. Swimming and Diving Finals. Kingsford, which captured five individual and two relay titles at last year’s finals, is ...

February 20, 2026

For snowboarder Canter, an Olympic medal is the prize after a near-death journey

By: EDDIE PELLS

Editor's note: Jake Canter's grandmother, Karen Hallenbeck, lives in Kingsford and has been a resident of the region for 25 years; her daughter, Trischa Canter, is Jake's mother. "We are ecstatic, the whole family," Hallenbeck said of his medal ...

February 20, 2026