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Outdoors

Isle Royale National Park to offer family cruises Aug. 18

HOUGHTON — Returning again to celebrate summer in the Keweenaw Peninsula, join Isle Royale National Park and the Portage Lake District Library on Thursday, Aug. 18, for Ranger III Family Day. Families may reserve space aboard one of two free, hour-long scheduled waterway cruises. As space ...

Trap shooters earn prizes

LONG LAKE, Wis. — The Big 4-Plus Sportsman’s Club handed out prizes in five classes in a trap shoot during the club’s annual picnic. The 50-Bird Lewis Shoot had 40 entries, with each class winning $56. Ties were broken by sudden death shoot-offs. The winners and their scores ...

Forest, wildlife grants offered

ESCANABA — Applications are being accepted for the October 2022 grants round for the Upper Peninsula Sustainable Forest and Wildlife Fund Eligible non-profit organizations and sub-divisions of government are eligible to submit applications to the Community Foundation of the Upper ...

Aurora mud event Aug. 6

AURORA, Wis. — The popular Aurora Mud Runs are back and will be held Saturday, Aug. 6, at George Weber Memorial Park in Aurora. Sponsored this year by the Niagara Lions Club, the gates will open at 10 a.m. A few years ago, the event was in danger of being canceled due to a lack of ...

Monarch butterly now listed as endangered

It can’t exactly be considered a surprise but still was a gut punch to read: an international science group Thursday reclassified North America’s monarch butterfly as an endangered species. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the familiar orange and black ...