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Norway senior to attend DC-area journalism conference
NORWAY — A Norway High School student has been selected to be part of the 2025 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Joey Bourg will represent NHS as a national youth correspondent at the week-long program that takes place July 7-12 on the ...
IM may see savings in water-sewer project cost
IRON MOUNTAIN — Bacco Construction of Iron Mountain is the apparent low bidder for a water and sewer project in the city, presenting an offer that’s $1.6 million less than the engineer’s estimated construction cost of $17 million. Three bids were opened Monday during a special city ...
A guide to federal review of the Line 5 tunnel plan in the straits
The final day for the public to comment on a federal environmental review of the Line 5 tunnel is approaching on June 30. The draft report details the impacts of building a 3.6-mile tunnel under the lakebed in the Straits of Mackinac, which would house a new segment of Line 5. Right now, ...
Man killed in fall at Manganese Falls
KEWEENAW COUNTY — Authorities are investigating the death of a man Saturday afternoon in what appeared to be an accidental fall from atop a waterfall in Keweenaw County. The fall was reported about 12:10 p.m. Saturday at Manganese Falls in Grant Township, according to a Monday morning news ...
Wild Rivers Act 60th anniversary celebration Saturday
FLORENCE, Wis. — The Friends of the Wild Rivers Interpretive Center and River Alliance of Wisconsin will host a 60th anniversary celebration of the Wild Rivers Act legislation at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Florence Natural Resource Center lower level conference Room. The event is free, but ...