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Lions outlast Packers, 20-17

DETROIT (AP) — Jake Bates made a 22-yard field goal as time expired to give the Detroit Lions a 20-17 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. The Lions (4-2) have won two straight for the first time this season, putting them in third place in the NFC North behind Minnesota (6-0) and ...

Frelick, Pratt lift Brewers to 5-4 comeback win over Rays

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sal Frelick tied the score with his first home run in three months, Cooper Pratt hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers stunned the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Saturday night for a 2-0 World Series lead by overcoming a four-run deficit for the ...

Prep football scores

Thursday, Oct. 22 ELEVEN PLAYER Iron Mountain 21, Negaunee 20 Friday, Oct. 23 ELEVEN PLAYER Calumet 50, L'Anse 8 Westwood 41, Manistique 8 Kingsford 42, Marquette 26 Menominee 38, Bark River-Harris 30 Escanaba 29, Gladstone 20 Hancock 16, Houghton 10 EIGHT PLAYER Ishpeming 48, ...

Chronic wasting disease creeps farther north in Wisconsin

IRON MOUNTAIN — A report this week that a wild deer in Marinette County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease comes after several thousand deer harvested in the county since 1999 have tested negative. The 3-year-old adult buck near Peshtigo that was found to have CWD was humanely ...

Florence, Niagara to play for regional VB crown

Florence will host Niagara at 7 tonight in a WIAA Division 5 volleyball regional championship game. Playing home matches Thursday, the LadyCats and Lady Badgers advanced through their semifinals with 3-0 sweeps. Florence, the top seed in the region, defeated White Lake 25-5, 25-11, 25-10. ...

Alarmed about algal bloom at Six Mile Lake

Six Mile Lake caused a few days of concern this past week when its waters turned green, as if lime-colored oil had been poured onto the surface, thick enough to trace trails. It had me worried about blue-green algae, which can be toxic to humans, pets and wildlife. While cyanobacteria has ...