Bouquet: The Almost Home Animal Shelter 2024 ValenTAILS Fundraiser was another record-breaking event. We had more silent auction items than ever and sold out of event tickets in record time. The shelter’s fundraising committee cannot thank Venue 906 enough for donating the space for the ...

It’s safe to say this has become the biggest weekend of the year for the Iron Mountain area: the FIS Continental Cup ski jumps at Giant Pine Mountain. It’s expected to draw tens of thousands to watch competitors from nine nations: Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Kazakhstan, ...

Democrats in the Michigan Legislature last year passed a trio of gun laws in the wake of the shooting at Michigan State University. Those laws took effect last week. We urge every gun owner in our area to familiarize themselves with the new laws to make sure they don’t run afoul of the ...

Those autoworkers down south who are being courted by Shawn Fain should pay close attention to the message sent by Ford Motor Co. earlier this month. Chief Executive Jim Farley, talking to the Wolfe Research Auto Conference in New York, said in light of the prolonged strike last fall by the ...

We were extraordinarily pleased last week, along with a great many others in region, to learn that Northern Michigan University’s enrollment report for the winter semester shows an increase of 330 students, or 5.3%, compared with the same time in 2023. The university’s overall head count ...

Great Lakes shipwreck enthusiasts this week received a bit of welcome news when it was announced that the 244-foot bulk carrier Arlington, lost in Lake Superior storm in 1840 with exactly one person aboard, had been located. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and shipwreck ...