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Flood warning to continue into next week

A flood warning will remain in effect until Thursday for rivers throughout the region, although a reprieve from wet weather is expected to take hold after a chance of snow tonight, the National Weather Service said. The flood warning includes the Menominee, Sturgeon, Michigamme, Brule, ...

Wisconsin judge hears request to halt work on Line 5 reroute

A Bayfield County judge is weighing whether the Bad River tribe and environmental groups face irreversible harm if Enbridge continues building a new stretch of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline around the tribe’s reservation. The tribe and environmental groups are seeking review of the ...

Northwoods notebook: Colorful visitors arrive in the rush of spring

As predicted, the birds expected to re-appear in mid-April have made it back. Our regular eastern phoebes not only showed up last Saturday, they seem to have decided the nest needs renovation and have pulled down the grass and lichen portions to get it down to the mud foundation. We’ll have ...

Donations made to Iron Mountain General Scholarship Fund

IRON MOUNTAIN — Iron Mountain High School has received several recent donations to the General Scholarship Fund in memory of several IMHS alumni. The graduating Class of 2026 will become the 36th class to benefit from the General Scholarship Fund. This scholarship fund was established in ...

Invasive Trade-Up Days planned in May

FLORENCE, Wis. — The Wild Rivers Invasive Species Coalition, along with its partners, will host the sixth-annual Invasive Trade-Up Days in May. Landowners can drop off invasive shrubs (with roots) from their property in exchange for a $10 voucher, up to $100, to be used toward a native shrub ...