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Teen builds gazebo at Norway Spring as Eagle Scout project

NORWAY — A 15-year-old Norway High School student has turned his Eagle Scout project into a lasting addition to one of Norway’s best-known landmarks. Damian DeBernardi recently completed construction of a gazebo at the Norway Spring along U.S. 2 as part of his journey toward Eagle ...

DNR continues work to contain three UP fires

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is managing three major Upper Peninsula wildfires – Ridge Fire, Craig Lake Fire and Black River Fire – with one incident management team. Referring to the fires as the Rugged Terrain Complex, the DNR said the safety of the public and ...

As Great Lakes ice cover shrinks, old data offers new clues

LANSING — The amount of ice on the Great Lakes has declined rapidly over the past four decades, but a warming climate might not be the only explanation for freezing fluctuations during the last century. Those are the findings of a new study that reported, for the first time, 125 years of ...

Lynx are native to UP, but very rarely seen

The news last month that the first new species of wild feline in roughly a century had been discovered in South America made me think of our own native cats in the Upper Peninsula. All three of North American native cats that can be found north of the Mexican border states have been seen ...

Why septic system owners can’t just ‘flush and forget’

“Flush it and forget it” is easier for Wisconsin residents who are connected to municipal wastewater treatment systems. But the state has more than 750,000 septic systems in operations. These privately owned systems require regular maintenance and pumping. It’s safe to say that no one ...

El-Sayed’s Senate campaign makes a stop in Iron Mountain

In a Michigan Senate campaign marked by negative advertising, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed visited Iron Mountain on Thursday to say “my name is not the reason” for the nation’s problems. His emphasis throughout the rally was that Americans shouldn’t struggle to afford groceries, housing ...