By JIM ANDERSON The Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County expects to update its solid waste management plan with the help of a regional agency that will receive state grant funds, part of a legislative package signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in December to overhaul Michigan’s ...

ESCANABA — End the Silence, a Depression Awareness and Suicide Prevention Walk, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept.16. The event will be held at a new location this year, the Miracle of Life Building at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. The walk is being held at the end of National Suicide ...

By GARRETT NEESE The Daily Mining Gazette BARAGA COUNTY — Two Baraga County school districts are tentatively investigating whether the districts will consolidate. Baraga Area Schools and L’Anse Public Schools are looking into the idea, which would result in a combined school ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Fall colors in the southern Upper Peninsula are expected to peak about three or four weeks from now as the National Weather Service predicts elevated chances for a dry fall and winter. Below-normal precipitation is forecast in the Great Lakes region through April, due to the ...

HANCOCK — Copper Shores Community Health Foundation recently announced this year’s recipients of the Small Grants Program: Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home, Bridging Gaps Childcare, Copper Country Intermediate School District, the Village of Laurium, Ahmeek Village Volunteer Fire and ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Road Commission hopes to secure $3 million in state funding to fix 5.2 miles of Leeman Road in Sagola and Felch townships. All vehicles, including emergency vehicles, have to slow significantly when traveling the section in need of resurfacing, according ...