SANDS — The Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter in Marquette County has temporarily closed to the public and non-essential traffic after announcing a case of canine parvovirus in a puppy litter earlier this week. Parvovirus is a highly contagious illness that can be fatal in dogs. In ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can now begin crafting regulations for special bag and size limits for walleye as populations are declining on some lakes. The Natural Resources Board approved the scope of the proposed rule Wednesday. Kari Lee-Zimmerman, the DNR’s ...

In December, 62 people lost their jobs when a marijuana manufacturing plant in Webberville, population roughly 1,400, closed. The plant’s leaders blamed a cannabis market contracting amid oversupply that’s driving down prices and a new 24% state wholesale tax. Researchers and industry ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Application deadline for the annual Iron Mountain-Kingsford Independence Day parade is June 19. This year’s grand marshals will be Rick and Marty Lagina, from The HISTORY Channel’s “The Curse of Oak Island” reality TV series. This year’s themes will be ...

ELY — Representatives from Ely Township and the Barnes-Hecker 100th Anniversary Committee came together May 22 for a ceremonial groundbreaking on the Barnes-Hecker Memorial Park. The park is at the site of the old Barnes-Hecker mine, where 51 men lost their lives in the mine’s collapse and ...

MARSHFIELD, Wis. — The United Way of Dickinson County is among the groups that will receive funds through a $90,000 contribution to United Way of Wisconsin from Marshfield Clinic. The funds will be used to strengthen community health improvement efforts across central and northern ...