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Picasso etching stolen in 2018 found in vacant apartment

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bill DeLind thought the Picasso print that was stolen from his Milwaukee gallery in 2018 was gone forever. But then police called last week and asked him to look an artwork that a local landlord found while cleaning out a vacant apartment. DeLind immediately ...

Florence grad in Space Force exhibit at Smithsonian museum

FLORENCE, Wis. — A 2002 Florence High School graduate has earned a place in one of the nation’s most prestigious museums. Space Force Maj. Emily J. Schultz was selected to be featured in a new exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit ...

Wisconsin DNR seeks solutions to rising wolf depredation claims

Wisconsin regulators can now forge ahead with regulations to prioritize and prorate payments for wolf attacks on livestock and dogs due to a potential funding shortfall. The policymaking board for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources granted the agency approval to craft regulations ...

Elliott-Johnson leads Medical Care Access Coalition

KINGSFORD — Angela Elliott-Johnson is the new executive director of the Medical Care Access Coalition, which assists the uninsured and under-insured in acquiring affordable health care and prescription medications. Elliott-Johnson succeeds Mylynn Trulock, who directed the program for more ...

Little brown bats make late summer appearances

What seems to be an annual rite of late summer happened Wednesday at The Daily News office. Just after dusk, a big brown bat swooped through the newsroom, making figure eights above and around us, obviously searching for a way out. Luckily, we have a back door that opens straight to the ...

Online pharmacies aid rural health care but threaten Michigan drugstores

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) For the past five years, Alpena resident Selena Kenny has received a bulk supply of medication every three months from Express Scripts. Her ...