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Republicans in Michigan House walk off the floor

After a string of what they see as unproductive session days and facing an agenda full of progressive bills, Michigan House Republicans have left the floor and refused to vote on any bills until Democrats come to the table on changes to the state’s minimum wage laws, earned sick leave and ...

Supreme Court accepts Catholic Charities case on Wisconsin tax

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable organization must pay Wisconsin's employment tax. The justices will review a divided state Supreme Court ruling that refused to grant an exemption to the ...

Crystal Christmas: Full day of events set for Saturday in CF

CRYSTAL FALLS — The Crystal Falls Business Association will host its annual Crystal Christmas celebration this weekend. This year’s theme is “A Christmas Carol,” CFBA President Barbara Luck said. “We are looking forward to our last event of 2024 — it’s going to be a blast,” she ...

Marttila, longtime IM football coach, has resigned

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain Board of Education has accepted with regret Robin Marttila’s resignation as varsity head football coach. A 1997 graduate of Iron Mountain High School, Marttila has coached 23 years at Iron Mountain, spending his first nine seasons as an assistant and the ...

Wisconsin tribe, other groups move to block Line 5 reroute

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A northern Wisconsin tribe along with a coalition of groups moved Thursday to block plans to reroute an aging pipeline around the tribe’s reservation, arguing state regulators have underestimated the environmental damage that construction would cause. The Bad River ...

12 days until Christmas

Norway Elementary School had its annual Christmas concert Thursday. Classes from early kindergarten through fifth grade performed holiday classics, with the entire elementary closing out the program singing “Silent Night.” Here, fifth-grade students perform “Grandma Got Run Over By a ...