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Michigan bald eagle success story faces new threats

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) The number of bald eagles in Michigan is declining, and funding delays aren’t helping the cause. Researchers who have spent decades climbing ...

Higher fuel prices shaping summer plans for boaters

DEXTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — On the kind of warm, bright afternoon that Michigan boaters wait all year for, Malik Amine and his brother readied their family’s pontoon boat for the summer. The cover was off and Portage Lake sparkled in the sun. But before the brothers could leave a ...

Township, county, school meetings scheduled

Iron Mountain Planning Commission will meet at 3:30 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. Florence County Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. today in room 259 of Florence County High School, Florence, Wis. The agenda includes the Achievement Gap Reduction report, 2026-27 meal pricing and ...

NWTC Aurora adds commercial driver’s license to training

AURORA, Wis. — Northeast Wisconsin Technical College will offer a new class at its Aurora site to help area residents earn a Wisconsin Class B Commercial driver's license. Registration for the course is currently open. It starts with an online theory-based portion that is self-paced. The ...

McBroom seeks to honor IM ‘road construction pioneer’

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Ed McBroom is pushing to rename a portion of U.S. 8 after Bacco Construction founder Medio J. Bacco, who reportedly did that section as the first paved roadway in the Upper Peninsula. McBroom recently testified before the Senate Committee on Transportation and ...