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Norway Spring Classic date and route set for April 25

NORWAY — The 45th-annual Norway Spring Classic races will take place Saturday, April 25, over a slightly different route. The event this year will start and end in the Norway-Vulcan Schools parking lot. In past years the race started near the Dickinson County Library Solomonson branch, ...

Remember when?

This week’s “Remember when?” — provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum of Iron Mountain — features the Thomas Flaherty house at the north end of Carpenter Avenue in Iron Mountain. Originally the home was owned by Robert Bankes, general manager of the Ludington Mining ...

Evers signs bills releasing money to combat PFAS contamination

Gov. Tony Evers signed a pair of bills Monday that will release more than $133 million for communities to fight water contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — better known as PFAS — in Wisconsin. The bill signing is the culmination of about three years of debate over the ...

America at 250

What began as an experiment in self-governance rooted in personal freedom and liberty has grown into the world’s most unique and important nation: the United States of America. Here, we can, within the boundaries of the law, do, say and think what we wish; we can worship as we choose; we ...

Marinette tax referendum is on today’s spring ballot

Marinette County voters today will decide a referendum that seeks to raise the county's annual property tax revenues by $1.5 million to support public safety and other essential county services. If approved, the levy would result in an estimated property tax increase of $20 per $100,000 of ...

Niagara to seek CDBG for sewer, water main project

NIAGARA, Wis. — The City of Niagara will seek a Community Development Block Grant to help pay for a sewer and water main project involving three streets in the city. Cedar Corporation of Green Bay, Wis., is working with the city to help secure the funding to replace 1.25 miles of aging ...