A Wisconsin beagle breeding and research facility that’s been the site of recent violent protests is closing, and its remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group. Big Dog Ranch Rescue announced Monday that it has reached an agreement for the permanent closure of Ridglan Farms ...

(Editor’s note: At the beginning of the 20th century, America began a period of industrial growth — fueled by the nation’s vast stores of natural resources — that led to victory in two world wars and the nation emerging as a true superpower. One of the cities at the epicenter of that ...

FELCH TOWNSHIP — Visitors to the Felch Township Community Center and post office will notice a new look outside, thanks to landscaping that aims to highlight the area’s history of logging, mining and potato farming. Brian Penna completed the project Saturday, planting three trees along ...

The Pine Mountain Music Festival will return to Iron Mountain this week as part of its 35th season offering classical music. Performances kicked off Saturday in Houghton and extend through June 27, with three distinct classical music acts traveling to Houghton, Iron Mountain, Ontonagon and ...

BEECHER, Wis. — A 74-year-old Dunbar, Wis., man died Saturday when the motorcycle he was operating on Highway Z in Beecher went into the ditch and hit a tree, according to authorities. The crash that claimed the life of Gary I. Yaggie was reported by an off-duty sheriff’s patrol sergeant ...

ESCANABA — What was once the scene of a devastating fire is gradually becoming a story of restoration. While an opening date has not been set, the Stonehouse Restaurant & Lounge is nearing the end of a long rebuilding process. The Romps family, who have owned the Stonehouse for over four ...