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Local meetings set this week

Norway Township Planning Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Township Hall in Vulcan. A discussion will take place on conditions for approval of a conditional use permit for a proposed gravel pit. Florence Town Board will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Florence Community Center, 749 ...

Donor establishes fund for K–12 music education

MENOMINEE — A new charitable fund aimed at strengthening music education for students across Marinette and Menominee counties has been established at the M&M Area Community Foundation. The Mike and Jamie Glish K–12 Music Opportunity Fund, created this month by local donor Mike Glish, ...

Enduring Elsa: Teamwork, planning kept March blizzard from getting upper hand

Blizzard Elsa will go down in the history books, but not as a disaster so much as an example of how to weather some of the worst that winter might throw at the region. It helped that the storm arrived on a Sunday, after a sunny and clear Saturday, and by Monday had taken such hold of the ...

Iron Industry Museum closed by snow damage

The Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee is closed indefinitely after heavy snow caused structural damage to its main gallery roof. The roof is intact, but several of the trusses that bear the roof’s weight began cracking Feb. 21. “The museum’s roof system was built to handle ...

DNR advisory panel to meet Wednesday

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council is scheduled to hear updates on the history and management of oak wilt, learn about a new digital tagging option for hunters called eHarvest and consider support for council wildlife committee ...

Outdoors report: Trout opener April 4 in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's inland trout season will open Saturday, April 4, one month earlier than prior seasons. The change is meant to increase harvest chances throughout the state’s inland streams, springs and spring ponds. "Trout populations are strong across most Wisconsin waters and this additional ...