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Halloween-themed Harvest Festival returns Sept.11-13 to campground

HOMESTEAD, Wis. — The second-annual Harvest Festival, a Halloween-themed family camping event, is planned for Sept. 11-13 at West Bass Lake Park Campground in Homestead, Wis. The Harvest Festival is organized by Jody Nordell, who attended similar events with her children at Van Riper ...

Iron River sawmill awarded $100,000 grant from MDARD

An Iron River sawmill will receive a $100,000 grant through the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to help it process wood more efficiently. The award to S&L Lumber Co. LLC was announced last week during the Upper Peninsula State Fair in Escanaba — one of six projects ...

Wisconsin DNR asks Enbridge to halt work on Line 5 reroute amid gas leak

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has asked Enbridge to halt work on its Line 5 reroute in response to a gas leak that began Tuesday. The DNR sent a letter Thursday to Enbridge officials that highlights frustration among state regulators over the lack of details that have been ...

Area agencies to get share of We Energies’ $150K in grants

MILWAUKEE — Several area agencies will get a portion of $150,000 awarded by the We Energies Foundation to help police, fire and emergency medical services across Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula. The $150,000, up from $100,000 in 2025, is the largest donation ever made as part of the ...

Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the ...

Mice may drive Lyme disease more than deer

For more than three decades, researchers have been tracking ticks, mice, oak trees and other wildlife in a New York forest to better understand what makes Lyme disease more likely to spread. Their latest findings challenge some long-held assumptions — including the idea that deer are a ...