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Florence museum honoring veterans to open season

FLORENCE, Wis. — Opening day at the Florence County Historical Museum will be more than the start of a new season — it will be a community tribute to the veterans and their families who have helped shape local history. Visitors are invited to tour the museum at 201 Florence Ave. from ...

Dickinson rejoins regional corrections programs in 2027

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County will participate for a second year in a regional program based in Marquette County that’s intended to help guide criminal defendants through court proceedings and paths to rehabilitation. The activities are grant-funded through the Michigan Office of ...

Three candidates to stay on US House ballot in Wisconsin

A Republican running for Wisconsin’s deep red 7th Congressional District has lost her attempt to keep two GOP challengers, including one endorsed by President Donald Trump, off the primary ballot in August. Jessi Ebben claimed a new state law and an old form invalidated thousands of ...

El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly

WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil ...

Opening of Canada-US bridge delayed over unresolved ‘issues’

DETROIT (AP) — The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River, which President Donald Trump had previously threatened to block, was delayed Thursday due to unresolved issues. In a statement released before a scheduled ribbon-cutting ceremony today at the bridge, the ...