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Rising stars and accomplished vets arrive to soar at Giant Pine

IRON MOUNTAIN — Clemens Aigner, a 33-year-old Austrian who holds the record for the longest jump in Pine Mountain's storied history, heads a field of 40 jumpers competing this weekend in the Sanford Health Marshfield Clinic FIS Continental Cup. Aigner, currently first in Continental Cup ...

GOP feud surfaces in UP over 38th state Senate race

The Upper Peninsula's top Republicans have erupted into a public and heated feud after the region's U.S. congressional representative backed a former state House member for state Senate over another candidate endorsed by several state lawmakers in October. State Sen. Ed McBroom and state ...

Team completes UP moose collaring and capture effort

A cooperative moose research team, including the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Northern Michigan University and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, has concluded its efforts to capture and collar moose in the core moose population area in the western Upper Peninsula for this ...

Evers pushes for more school funding, end to gerrymandering

In his eighth and final State of the State address Tuesday night, Gov. Tony Evers said Republicans have chronically underfunded Wisconsin schools and blamed them for increased property taxes after negotiations for a tax cut stalled this week. In comments to reporters after the speech, ...

How seeds from the past are saving a unique flower of the Great Lakes

LANSING — More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new populations would survive. Today, three decades later, the restored populations are thriving and ...