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Lights at the Lake 2025 to debut on Thanksgiving

IRON MOUNTAIN — The holiday season is a time for traditions, twinkling lights and festive cheer. The community can soon embrace that Christmas magic at the fifth-annual Lights at the Lake display at Lake Antoine Park in Iron Mountain. The drive-through event, hosted by the Lake Antoine ...

Wisconsin DOJ identifies man who died fleeing traffic stop in Niagara

The Wisconsin Department of Justice continues to investigate an officer involved death in Niagara, Wis., and has released the name of the person who died and the name of the officer placed on administrative leave. At about 1:11 p.m. Nov. 5, Niagara Police Department Officer Rhianna Carne, ...

Feds eye new Line 5 option: No tunnel, horizontal drilling

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) With limited public notice, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed a new option on the table for the future of the Line 5 pipeline as it ...

Successful hunt: 88-year-old takes buck on opening day

REPUBLIC — A longtime hunting enthusiast didn’t let less-than-perfect hunting conditions get in her way on opening day of firearm deer season, knocking down a five-point buck while in the company of her son. Diana Peterson, 88, of Marquette, said she has been hunting since the age of 15. A ...

Outdoors report: Wisconsin’s gun deer hunt begins; winter finches arrive

IRON MOUNTAIN — Deer hunters can expect dry, seasonable weather as the Wisconsin gun season opens today and the Michigan firearm season enters its second week. It may get breezier throughout the day, with gusts as high as 15 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Today’s ...

Wisconsin clerks refer 46 cases of 2024 presidential election irregularities

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks referred 46 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors related to the November 2024 presidential election, a report released this week showed, representing a tiny fraction of the more than 3.4 million ballots cast. In ...