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Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows

Millions nationwide could be cut off from access to government food assistance Saturday due to the shutdown, including those who are pregnant or have babies and young children. That possibility brings back a lot of difficult memories for Lynlee Lord, a mom of three in rural Idaho. In 2014, ...

Friday fatality

IRON RIVER — A 60-year-old Iron River woman was killed Friday morning when she was hit by a vehicle on U.S. 2 near Idlewild Road in Crystal Falls Township The driver of the vehicle, a 43-year-old Crystal Falls woman, was not injured, Iron County Sheriff Ryan Boehmke said in a news ...

Election Day is tomorrow

HOUGHTON COUNTY – Several proposals will appear on the ballot of Houghton County’s November 4 special election. These include school proposals and village and city proposals. School proposals • Hancock Public Schools: Hancock Public Schools General Obligation Unlimited Tax Bond ...

Fall back tonight

Daylight saving time is coming to an end for 2025. Officially it ends tomorrow at 2 a.m. Clocks "fall back" and we gain an hour. Here's what to know about the seasonal time change. Daylight saving time comes to an end on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 a.m., when the time goes back to 1 a.m. Daylight ...

Embridge gets green light

MACKINAW CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week approved energy company Enbridge’s plans to encase a segment of an aging oil pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac, a Great Lakes channel, pushing past its own findings that construction could ruin the environmentally ...