State Senate to Consider Road Tax Hike – May 22, 2014 – Todd VanDyke A Michigan Senate committee has approved a package of bills designed to spend more money on roads and bridges. This proposal adds about 200 million dollars to a 450-million dollar package already approved by the Michigan …

State House to Consider Detroit Bailout – May 22, 2014 – Todd VanDyke A House committee has approved an 11-bill package, which would allocate nearly 195-million dollars to help bail out the city of Detroit. The money would help Detroit move away from its failing employee retirement plan… which was …

Iron River Defendants Take Plea Deals – May 22, 2014 – Todd VanDyke Two Iron River residents have entered guilty pleas for their involvement in a home invasion last June. 23-year-old Brittany Marvin pleaded guilty to larceny from a building. 22-year-old Jordan Luckey also entered a plea in that case …

Morning Sports for Saturday, May 24th: MLB: Tigers Snap Losing Streak Anibal Sanchez pitched seven innings, and the Tigers broke their four-game losing streak with a 7-2 victory over the Rangers Friday evening. Sanchez struggled in the second inning… giving up both Texas runs… but settled in to give the …

Morning Sports for Friday, May 23rd: MLB: Tigers Drop Fourth Straight The Tigers lost their fourth game in a row Thursday… 9-2 to the Rangers. Rookie starter Robbie Ray was charged with seven of those runs before he left in the fourth inning. Ray was filling in for Rick Porcello… …

Morning Sports for Thursday, May 22nd: MLB: Tigers Fall on 13th Inning Balk After more than five hours of baseball in Cleveland yesterday afternoon, the Tigers finally lost to the Indians 11-10 when Al Alburquerque balked in the winning run in the 13th inning. The day started well for the …

Some changes to a couple Hancock streets could be made at today’s city council meeting. The meeting will begin with a public hearing regarding two street traffic proposals. Residents are encouraged to give input on converting White Street between Reservation Street and Pine Street from two way traffic to one …

A pedestrian who appeared to walk directly into traffic Saturday night in Crystal Falls Township is recovering from what police describe as non-life threatening injuries. Deputies from the Iron County Sheriff’s Office say it happened around 10:00 p.m. when Jamie Metheringham was driving westbound on U.S. 2 near Takala Road. …

U.S. Congressman Dan Benishek announced this week that his office is currently accepting applications from constituents interested in a nomination to the U.S. Military, Naval, Air Force, and Merchant Marine Academies. Applicants will be required to fill out an application form, submit academic transcripts, standardized test scores, three letters of …

Iron Mountain Police are continuing to investigate an incident over the weekend in which a man impersonated a police officer. A woman says her car was stopped late Saturday night on West D Street near Hemlock Street by a man she believed to be a police officer driving an older …