Every year, certain signs point to the region really turning the corner from winter to spring. At Six Mile Lake, one such indicator is the sound of trickling water that inevitably finds its way to the lake, especially from Solberg Creek on the northwestern corner. As snowmelt feeds into ...

FLORENCE, Wis. — The entire Florence County snowmobile and ATV/UTV trail system will be closed effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, officials said. Winter groomer operations will end per state grooming contracts. This closure will also help to protect deteriorating trail conditions from erosion ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Anglers are reminded that a new fishing license year starts Saturday, April 1, in both Michigan and Wisconsin. Locally, panfish are biting, with anglers are reporting anywhere from 16 to 20 inches of ice on some waters, said Fay Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, ...

Women are closing the gap in the field of science. STEM — or science, technology, engineering and math — careers constitute 48% of the total U.S. workforce, with women representing 34% of that workforce. That’s according to the most recent State of Girls and Women in STEM report from ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Activities start at 3 p.m. today at the 25th annual Sportsman’s Seminar and Supper at Iron Mountain Central Middle School Gym and Cafeteria, 300 W. Hughitt St. Organized by Family Baptist Church of Kingsford, the event and dinner are free, but donations are accepted. ...

This has been a relatively mild winter, one that should not have provided much of a challenge for most of the animals that endure the cold weather for the season. March 1 was the start of the meteorological spring. Early Sunday morning will see the region shift back to daylight savings time, ...