By JIM ANDERSON Iron Mountain Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Health insurance rates are up 18% collectively for active employees and retirees as Dickinson County prepares to hold a public hearing on a 2025 general fund budget that is up 5.3% from 2024. In a budget memo, Controller Brian ...

ESCANABA — Bay College has announced that it has been awarded a $1 million College Success Go Big Grant by the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential. This funding will enable Bay College to enhance student completion rates, expand Credit for Prior Learning ...

HANCOCK — The Dec. 16 deadline set by Hancock Public Schools for accepting requests of purchasing its bus garage has been tabled temporarily at the request of the city of Hancock. The city had expressed interest in purchasing the parcel. Earlier this month, the city ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Jennifer Bartnikowski, along with her mother Debbie Bartnikowski and aunt Donnette Salczenko, recently used their skills to help brighten the day of community living center residents at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center by donating 40 quilts they made ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Friday confirmed the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease in a wild deer in Menominee County. Menominee County’s boundaries are the same as the boundaries of the Menominee Indian Reservation. Current tribal ...

ESCANABA — The Escanaba City Council unanimously approved a request to hold a second reading, public hearing and potentially adopt the “Light Manufacturing Zoning District Ordinance of 2024,” which would change the boundaries of a light manufacturing district already in the city. The ...