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Niagara High School marks 26th year of mock interviews for seniors

NIAGARA, Wis. — Even experienced professionals can feel anxious when facing a job interview. Because so much is at stake, preparation is essential for students pursuing future careers. To help with this, seniors at Niagara High School recently participated in mock interviews conducted by ...

MDOT Paint the Plow program accepting applications for 2026-27 winter season

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Transportation is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Paint the Plow program. This program offers a unique opportunity for MDOT to partner with area schools, using students’ creativity to communicate safe winter driving practices for all ...

Seven Ranges survey changed the country

(Editor’s note: In the years after the Revolutionary War, the United States stood as an unfinished nation. Victory had secured independence, formalized by the Treaty of Paris, but it had not secured stability. The young republic was burdened by war debt, constrained under the Articles of ...

No longer at Post

FELCH TOWNSHIP — For more than four decades, Nordic Trading Post made sure the coffee was on at 5 a.m. and the griddle going an hour later. Its oven offered fresh bread and muffins, homemade pasties. Even more, the small restaurant on M-69 provided a place where loggers, truckers, students ...

Cooking Wild Seasonings: A 906 venture

HERMANSVILLE — Cooking Wild Seasonings, an enterprise from 906 Outdoors, creates products meant to accompany the flavors of wild game and freshly-caught fish. Founder Brian Whitens has had a journey with a series of businesses — though they could be viewed as different iterations of the ...

Michigan Democrats pass budget, omit Whitmer’s sin tax hike

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — The Michigan Senate this week finalized an $88 billion budget plan that failed to include nearly $800 million in “sin taxes” ...