🌱 What’s next for Iron Mountain’s City Park deer and your utility costs?

Good morning Iron Mountain! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What’s next for Iron Mountain’s City Park deer and your utility costs?
• How a failed firebombing at Iron Mountain’s GOP office was punished
• Why a national veteran leader chose Iron Mountain as his new home

Also on today's calendar: Community Strong Color Walk; Supporting Mental Health.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly to mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Warm with a thick cloud cover, temps: high: 70, low: 50.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; cooler, with a high of 56 and low of 36 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Reclassification may allow transfer of City Park deer (ironmountaindailynews.com) — Iron Mountain officials are moving ahead with plans that could eventually transfer the City Park deer herd to the DeYoung Family Zoo, pending federal approvals and tuberculosis testing. At the same meeting, the council heard about upcoming Stephenson Avenue road work, lightning damage to city wells, and a 3% rate increase from the Iron Mountain-Kingsford Wastewater Treatment Plant.
   

2. IM man gets jail, not prison, in attack on GOP headquarters (ironmountaindailynews.com) — An Iron Mountain man has been sentenced to a year in jail, probation, and community service for attempting to throw incendiary bottles at the Dickinson County Republican Committee headquarters last July. Local officials said the act spread fear and political intimidation, while the judge balanced punishment with the defendant’s mental health history and lack of prior record. Strict probation terms and ongoing treatment will be closely monitored.
   

3. Redefining the Veteran Narrative: From Broken to Thriving (supplychainnow.com) — A Marine Corps veteran and nonprofit leader now living in Iron Mountain shares how his military career, struggles after service, and frustration with the “broken veteran” narrative led him to launch ZeroMils to promote thriving veterans. In a wide-ranging conversation, he reflects on deployments, building Hiring Our Heroes, burning out, rebuilding purpose, and why he believes smaller, community-rooted veteran organizations deserve more support and collaboration.
   

4. The State of the Powersports Industry: January 2026 (tomorrowstechnician.com) — Iron Mountain’s powersports market is booming, with new vehicle sales up more than 80% year-over-year, ranking it among the strongest growth markets nationwide. The report shows overall U.S. powersports sales stabilizing in January 2026, with some regions surging and others seeing steep declines.
   

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📸 Around Iron Mountain

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Iron Mountain

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 25

• Norway Spring Classic 2025
  300 Section St, Norway
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday May 16

• Community Strong Color Walk; Supporting Mental Health
  715 Pyle Dr , Kingsford
  3:00 pm

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📣 Iron Mountain Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 23

• KHS Spring Band Concert
  Kingsford High School Kingsford, MI 49802
  5:00 pm
• Spring Band Concert
  Norway-Vulcan Area Schools Norway, MI 49870
  5:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Baseball (Boys Varsity) @ Oconto Falls High School
  Oconto Falls High School Kingsford, MI 49802
  4:30 pm
• Baseball (Boys Junior Varsity) @ Oconto Falls High School
  Oconto Falls High School Kingsford, MI 49802
  4:30 pm
• Soccer (Girls Varsity) @ Three Lakes High School
  Three Lakes High School Kingsford, MI 49802
  5:00 pm

Monday April 27

• Soccer (Girls Varsity) @ Marquette Senior High School
  Marquette Senior High School Kingsford, MI 49802
  5:30 pm
• Planning Commission Meeting
  Kingsford, MI Calendar , 305 S. Carpenter Ave. , Kingsford
  6:30 pm

Wednesday April 29

• Baseball (Boys Junior Varsity) @ Marquette Senior High School
  Marquette Senior High School Kingsford, MI 49802
  5:00 pm

Thursday April 30

• Soccer (Girls Varsity) @ Houghton High School
  Houghton High School Kingsford, MI 49802
  4:00 pm

Friday May 8

• Implant Dentistry Made Practical: What Every General Practice Needs to Know
  The John Fornetti Dental Center , 100 S Stephenson Ave , Iron Mountain
  9:00 am

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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