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DNR bases UP wolf count on remote camera images

For the first time, researchers from Michigan State University and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources have successfully estimated Michigan’s wolf population using remote cameras deployed throughout the Upper Peninsula. The camera survey method, which began with a pilot ...

Higher Love closes 5 UP dispensaries

Higher Love Cannabis Co. has closed its Crystal Falls dispensary along with four other locations in what the company called a “consolidation” of its Upper Peninsula retail operations. The Marquette-based Higher Love will focus its resources on four sites that include Norway, the company ...

Play games, support Delta Animal Shelter through Treat app

ESCANABA — Smartphone users can now turn their screen time into support for adoptable dogs at the Delta Animal Shelter through a mobile app, which is hosting a contest this month. The Treat Shelter Contest, which runs through August, awards prizes to shelters that recruit the most new app ...

‘Find Flo’: Angie’s Creations helps lead scavenger hunt in Florence

FLORENCE, Wis. — Angie’s Creations in Florence is promoting businesses and landmarks in the county through a new community scavenger hunt. The hunt was developed by Angie’s Creations owners Dan and Angela Olson. They started the business during COVID-19 in 2020, originally working ...

Warm fall predicted after region posts third-hottest July

IRON MOUNTAIN — AccuWeather predicts temperatures from September through November will range 2 to 3 degrees above normal in the Upper Peninsula as a warm autumn is expected across much of the nation. “Outdoor projects and activities which you would typically see winding down during the ...

Wausaukee man guilty of sex crimes with a child

MARINETTE, Wis. — A jury has convicted a Wausaukee, Wis., man on all seven felony counts of sexual crimes against a child after a two-day trial in Marinette County Circuit Court. Clifton Kirkpatrick, 36, was found guilty Wednesday on two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child, plus charges that include repeated sexual assault of the same child and exposing a child to harmful materials. Marinette County Circuit Judge James Morrison ordered a presentence investigation report for sentencing Oct. 23. The Marinette County District Attorney’s Office, which was represented ...