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Higher Love closes 5 UP dispensaries

Higher Love Cannabis Co. has closed its Crystal Falls dispensary along with four other locations in what the company called a “consolidation” of its Upper Peninsula retail operations. The Marquette-based Higher Love will focus its resources on four sites that include Norway, the company ...

Big plans for Bates Hall

IRON RIVER — Five years after launching an effort to preserve the Bates Township Hall, the Bates Hall Preservation Society is moving forward with plans to save the century-old building. The BHPS has officially secured a $250,000 federal grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Races for governor, US Rep on Wisconsin primary ballot today

Wisconsin primary voters today will help decide the candidates for governor and U.S. Congressional seats that advance to the general election Nov. 3. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. No elected positions in Florence or Marinette counties have primary opposition, but the federal races ...

Alfonso wins GOP primary in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District

The Trump-endorsed son-in-law of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will be the Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. Michael Alfonso will represent the GOP on the November ballot. He hopes to take over the seat his father-in-law held before he left Congress in 2020. The mostly rural northern Wisconsin district heavily favors Republicans. The Associated Press called the race for Alfonso at 9:16 p.m. His closest challenger was Kevin Hermening, a former U.S. Marine and Mosinee School Board president.

Coast Guard fails to meet Great Lakes icebreaking mandate

WASHINGTON — The push continues for updates to the Great Lakes icebreaking fleet. In December, President Donald Trump signed into law the Great Lakes Icebreaker Act — but the deadlines within have passed without action by the U.S. Coast Guard, who had been directed to assess the current ...