Ralston celebration Saturday
NORWAY — Norway will celebrate hometown hero John “Jack” Ralston with a full day of activities on Saturday at the Jake Menghini Museum on O’Dill Road. The Norway City Council proclaimed Saturday to be “Jack Ralston Day”at a recent meeting. Refreshments and food will be available all day. Patrons will be able to tour the museum and view the featured exhibit of Ralston’s memorabilia from his football coaching career. Among the artifacts displayed will be his Rose Bowl awards and pictures. At noon, the City Band will perform a concert on the museum grounds. Ralston has requested to meet with area youth at 2 p.m., but he will be available throughout the afternoon to visit with friends and well-wishers. At 5:30 p.m., Ralston will be transported by carriage from the AmericInn through the streets of Norway to the Rialto where a reception and dinner will take place. Jim Zeugner will be driving the carriage, which he recently built for his granddaughter’s wedding ceremony. Other special
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IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Wednesday to receive comments on Ford Airport passenger air service.
The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the circuit courtroom of the courthouse.
Norway YAC wins grant
NORWAY — The Norway Area Community Foundation Youth Advisory Committee (YAC), which is an affiliate of the Dickinson Area Community Foundation, attended the Council of Michigan Foundations Summer Leadership Conference at the University of Michigan in
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IRON MOUNTAIN — A Savage Model III Rifle with 3x9 scope with sling in 300 Win Mag is the prize in a drawing for the U.P. Veterans Memorial Park.
Tickets are $10 each and 2,000 tickets will be printed.
The drawing, sponsored b
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IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Planning Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Menghini Museum in Norway.
After touring the museum, the commission will addr
Channing home charred by clothes dryer fire
CHANNING — A residence in Channing suffered extensive heat and smoke damage in a fire that started in a clothes dryer.
At 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, firefighters were called to N13150 M-95 in Channing for a house fire, said Rand Hruska, Sagola
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