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No Daily News on New Year’s Day

IRON MOUNTAIN — With no mail delivery on New Year’s Day, The Daily News will not publish a newspaper for Wednesday. The comics, games, puzzles and horoscope that would have been printed Wednesday are included in today’s edition. Offices will close two hours early today, at 3 p.m., and ...

Michigan lacks precise figures on number of homeschooled children

LANSING — Under Michigan law, knowing how many children are homeschooled in the state is almost impossible. After the COVID-19 pandemic and with school safety a constant concern, homeschooling remains an option for families. Yet Michigan’s homeschooling reporting policy may mean some ...

Niagara School District to host Martin Luther King Jr. Day program

NIAGARA, Wis. — Martin Luther King Jr. did not only have a “dream” — he also had a passion for justice and a desire to serve, all with the goal of building “the beloved community.” Reflecting on the words of Jesus, Dr. King said, “Everyone can be great because everyone can ...

Dickinson County sheriff issues report

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Sheriff Aaron Rochon has issued his monthly report for November. The road patrol served 58 civil process papers, investigated 175 complaints, handled 44 accidents, issued 27 citations and 212 verbal warnings, made 19 arrests — 12 of which were for ...

Former president Carter dies

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The ...

Morin Ag Services, Lithos Carbon helps area farmers enrich their soil

NIAGARA, Wis. — Two companies are combining efforts to enhance area farmland for growing crops with a mining byproduct that also provides a means of carbon capture. Morin Ag Services, Scott Morin’s new division of his excavating company, partners with Lithos Carbon to spread basalt ...