(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Researchers found Isle Royale wolves brought to the island in 2018 are likely to survive but are inbred and increasingly isolated. In 2016, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. The ban amounts to ...
On a Saturday morning in August, a group of about 20 people gathered at the head of the Tara Lila Forest Bathing Trail. The 1-mile gravel path is about a 10-minute drive from downtown Eagle River, Wis., in Vilas County. Tucked back in the woods, it’s peaceful. The kelly-green leaves ...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can now set special bag and size limits on lakes where walleye populations are struggling. The Natural Resources Board adopted a final rule at its meeting Wednesday. Kari Lee-Zimmerman, the DNR’s fisheries regulations and policy specialist, ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 5% in August, down from 5.2% in July and 5.4% a year ago, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. DTMB data showed 6,700 unemployed in the U.P. in August, down by 300 from July. The size of the region’s civilian labor force fell to 133,100 in August, down by 800 over the month. Similar trends were observed across the state. “Michigan regional unemployment rate reductions were primarily influenced by workforce declines over the ...
A report filed with federal regulators estimates an August gas leak on Enbridge’s Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin will cost at least $15.1 million. An accident report filed by Enbridge Energy Limited Partnership on Thursday to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials ...
