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Successful hunt: 88-year-old takes buck on opening day

REPUBLIC — A longtime hunting enthusiast didn’t let less-than-perfect hunting conditions get in her way on opening day of firearm deer season, knocking down a five-point buck while in the company of her son. Diana Peterson, 88, of Marquette, said she has been hunting since the age of 15. A ...

Woman in 2014 Slender Man stabbing in Wisconsin missing

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the online horror character Slender Man is missing after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home, authorities said Sunday. Madison police issued an alert ...

Two meetings listed for holiday week

Breitung Township Board will have a budget meeting at 4:30 p.m. today at the township hall in Quinnesec. The board’s regular meeting will follow at 6 p.m. today. The agenda includes bid openings for financial audit services and cemetery mapping services, and a discussion on the township’s ...

Dickinson sheriff issues October report

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Sheriff Aaron Rochon has issued his monthly report for October. The road patrol served 65 civil process papers, investigated 130 complaints, handled 26 accidents, issued 45 citations and 151 verbal warnings, made 22 arrests — four of which were for ...

Bay College lists holiday closure dates

ESCANABA — Bay College will be closed on Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Bay College will resume normal operational hours on Monday, Dec. 1. "As we pause to reflect on this season of gratitude, we appreciate your continued support and wish our students, ...

County clerk releases her monthly report

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Clerk/Register of Deeds Carol K. Bronzyk has issued her activity report for the month of October. Clerk records issued included 85 birth certificates, 182 death certificates, 20 marriage certificates, 11 notary public commissions, 76 concealed weapons ...