Mursau Bill Signed-3/18/2024
MADISON - Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) and Representative Jeff Mursau (R-Crivitz) released the following statement after the Governor signed Senate Bill 866 into law yesterday as 2023 Wisconsin Act 108: "Wisconsin's E-Cycle program has been massively successful in keeping millions of tons of obsolete electr...
14h ago
Educational Opportunity-3/14/2024
ESCANABA & IRON MOUNTAIN, MI - Bay College and Northern Michigan University (NMU) proudly announce an articulation agreement designed to streamline academic pathways, offer online degree opportunities, and empower aspiring social workers. The agreement, signed by Bay College President Dr. Nerita Hughes and NMU Pres...
Mar 14, 2024
The Ticks Are Back-3/12/2024
Kingsford and Iron River, Michigan - March 11, 2024. The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department would like to share some helpful ways to avoid tick bites. When people are in wooded and brushy areas with high grass and leaf litter, have them wear a light-colored long sleeve shirt, light-colored long pants and closed-...
Mar 12, 2024
Iron Mountain Fatality-3/11/2024
The Iron Mountain Fire and Iron Mountain Police Departments were dispatched to a personal injury accident at the intersection of Carpenter Ave (M-95) and West "F" Street at 6:56am on 03/11/24. As a result of the accident an 84 Year old Female from Iron Mountain died from her injuries. The accident remains und...
Mar 11, 2024
Powering Michigan-3/6/2024
State Reps. Greg Markkanen and Dave Prestin today highlighted two upcoming opportunities for people to weigh in on new a state law that strips away local control over large-scale wind and solar projects. Markkanen and Prestin voted against the controversial plan, which gives the Michigan Public Service Commission the a...
Mar 06, 2024
Guest Speaker In Florence-3/5/2024
Eric Jensen, an avid historian, geologist and general manager of exploration, will be our next Outdoor Education guest speaker on Tuesday, March 12th. He will discuss how Scandinavian and Finnish settlers flocked to the upper Midwest in between 1840 and 1930, attracted by a landscape that bore striking resemblance to t...
Mar 05, 2024
Scholarship Time-3/4/2024
ESCANABA & IRON MOUTAIN, MI- Bay College awards 300+ scholarships every year to graduating high school seniors, current students and returning learners. This year, over $600,000 is available in scholarship funds for students attending Bay College during the 2024-2025 Academic Year. The scholarship application is av...
Mar 04, 2024
Show Me The Money-3/1/2024
LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Treasury today announced that more than $87 million is being distributed among 269 municipalities and counties as a part of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act. Over the next few days, 99 cities, 30 villages, 69 townships and 71 counties will receive payment...
Mar 01, 2024
A Hunting We Will Go-3/1/2024
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced a fee increase for nonresident archer and crossbow hunting licenses. This change is the result of Governor Tony Evers signing Senate Bill 780, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 99. New 2024 licenses are now available for purchase. The nonresident ...
Mar 01, 2024
A Taxing Time Of Year-2/29/2024
LANSING, Mich. - State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks, Senate Fiscal Agency Director Kathryn Summers and House Fiscal Agency Director Mary Ann Cleary today published their calculation about whether an individual income tax rate adjustment is statutorily required for the 2024 tax year. Upon publication of the state of Michig...
Feb 29, 2024