Ice storm cuts power in region
- CRAIG DAVIS OF Kingsford shovels his car out Monday after snow fell overnight. He said his power in the city’s Heights area was out Sunday from about 5 to 11 a.m. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)
- BRANCHES LIE ON the ground Monday around a tree in Kingsford Heights. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)
- A TREE LIMB hangs on a power line Monday on Mill Street in Niagara, Wis. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)

CRAIG DAVIS OF Kingsford shovels his car out Monday after snow fell overnight. He said his power in the city’s Heights area was out Sunday from about 5 to 11 a.m. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)
Freezing rain followed by snow brought down trees and power lines in Michigan and Wisconsin, cutting electricity for hundreds of thousands of people Sunday and Monday in the upper Great Lakes region.
More than 200,000 power outages were reported in Michigan and Wisconsin, according to the Associated Press.
As of 5 p.m. Sunday, We Energies listed more than 4,500 customers out of service in Dickinson County and more than 2,200 without power in Florence and Marinette counties in Wisconsin. There were reports throughout the day of branches and trees falling onto power lines as well as structures.
On Monday, outages numbered more than 6,000 at mid-day in Dickinson County, mostly in Iron Mountain and Kingsford. About another thousand were without power in Florence County.
Production of The Daily News on Sunday for delivery on Monday was interrupted by power outages, resulting in a repeat of some news items from a previous edition.

BRANCHES LIE ON the ground Monday around a tree in Kingsford Heights. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)
A mix of power issues and a lack of internet service affected production of the newspaper delivered today.
The Weather Service office in Gaylord, Michigan, was in the middle of the storm Sunday, saying on X: “Accumulations range here from a half inch to nearly a whole inch of ice!”
Alpena Power said nearly all of its 16,750 customers — homes and businesses — were in the dark Sunday.
Many churches without power in Wisconsin and Michigan were forced to cancel Sunday services.
Schools were canceled Monday in Dickinson and Iron counties and neighboring Wisconsin communities. Several inches of snow late Sunday and early Monday came in the wake of significant ice accumulations.

A TREE LIMB hangs on a power line Monday on Mill Street in Niagara, Wis. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)
A warming shelter was available Monday at First Covenant Church 125 E. H St., Iron Mountain.
The Goodman-Armstrong Creek Rescue Squad announced Monday the town hall in Goodman was open for shelter as well.
Long Lake Town Hall and Fence Town Hall in Florence County were also made available Monday for shelter.
The forecast calls for more precipitation beginning early Wednesday, with an inch or two of snow followed by rain, snow and freezing rain during the day.
The predicted high Wednesday is 42 degrees, forecasters said. Thursday should be mostly cloudy with a high near 44.
Clusters of thunderstorms accompanied by strong to severe wind gusts and perhaps a few tornadoes were spreading across much of the U.S. Southeast on Monday, the National Weather Service said.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.