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Walleye stocking continues at Lake Antoine, Carney Lake

IRON MOUNTAIN — Work continues to enhance the walleye fisheries in two area lakes in the Menominee River basin. Wildlife Unlimited of Dickinson County and We Energies Mitigation and Enhancement Fund have continued their financial support for a plan launched last year to bolster the ...

Breitung schools benefit from $4M Zanardi Trust

KINGSFORD — Sometimes it’s the little things that enhance student experiences that are important. It’s something the Breitung Township School System has embraced in regard to using a portion of the $4 million they received from the John V. and Frances M. Zanardi Family ...

Teen pleads no contest in Marinette drowning death

MARINETTE, Wis. — A teen accused in the August 2025 drowning of a 13-year-old Marinette boy has pleaded no contest to second-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime. Peyton Carnot, 17, of Kaukauna, Wis., appeared in the Marinette County Circuit Court Branch 2 on Tuesday, where ...

Two killed when car is struck during Marinette County pursuit

MARINETTE, Wis. — Two people were killed Thursday evening after being hit by a vehicle fleeing law enforcement in the Town of Peshtigo. A Marinette County Sheriff’s deputy at 6:38 p.m. Thursday attempted to initiate a traffic stop of a vehicle with two individuals near the intersection of Pine and Maple streets, according to a Marinette County Sheriff’s Office news release. According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, the vehicle failed to stop. The deputy’s pursuit ended three minutes later when the pursued vehicle crashed into another ...

Alarmed about algal bloom at Six Mile Lake

Six Mile Lake caused a few days of concern this past week when its waters turned green, as if lime-colored oil had been poured onto the surface, thick enough to trace trails. It had me worried about blue-green algae, which can be toxic to humans, pets and wildlife. While cyanobacteria has ...

University enrollment drops 2% in Michigan, first drop in three years

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Lake Superior State University, Eastern Michigan University and Northern Michigan University were hit hardest this fall as enrollment declined ...