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State lawmaker calls for increasing penalties on lake sturgeon poaching

A northern Michigan lawmaker is calling for stronger punishments to protect the threatened lake sturgeon after the Michigan Department of Natural Resources put out a call for information about a 6-foot fish dumped at the side of the road in Muskegon County in July. Lake sturgeon are among ...

G7 nations will release 100M barrels of oil, diesel fuel after prices soar

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies said Friday that they plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products in the coming weeks, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel after the fuel recently hit record high prices in the United States. President ...

Autumn Market set for Saturday

The annual Autumn Market will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 808 Carpenter Ave. in Iron Mountain. This year’s market will feature many homemade items for sale, including cheese ravioli, soups and bakery, along with knitted and crocheted ...

DTN, Billerud open new Paper Jam trail near Quinnesec mill

QUINNESEC — Billerud and Dickinson Trail Network have teamed to create a new 2.5-mile cross-country trail loop that branches off DTN’s popular Ez Eh trail in Norway. Billerud provided DTN access to several hundred acres of company-owned forestland near the Quinnesec mill to build the ...

Evers announces last chance to apply for a pardon

Gov. Tony Evers announced a deadline of Monday, Oct. 5, as the last day for a Wisconsinite to submit an application for a pardon for a crime, before Evers’ second and last term as governor ends in January 2027. Distinct from a commutation or a parole order, a pardon restores rights that a ...