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Beginning Beekeeping class offered Feb. 14

NORWAY — Northwoods Beekeepers will have its popular Beginning Beekeeping class from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Crossroads Alliance Church in Norway. “Beekeeping is rewarding on many levels,” says Gino Venditti, veteran beekeeper in Iron Mountain. “Honey bees are fascinating, ...

Township, DDA meetings scheduled

Norway Township Planning Commission will have a public hearing at 5 p.m. today at the Township Hall in Vulcan on a request from Ramaker & Associates Inc. to construct a new cell tower at W6080 Boundary Line Road. A conditional use permit is required. A public hearing will follow at 6 p.m. ...

Student-built ‘rock box’ to help museum tell Niagara’s history

NIAGARA, Wis. — Rocks are like time machines, each one telling a story from the past. The Niagara Area Historical Society has partnered with the AutoCAD class at the School District of Niagara on a unique project for Serenity Woods. Students used their skills to design and created a ...

Dealer donates vehicle for transporting veterans to VA

IRON MOUNTAIN – Vehicle-deer collisions are a way of life in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula, often causing significant long-term inconvenience to drivers while they wait for repairs. However, thanks to a generous donation from Town & Country Sales, veterans at the Oscar G. ...

More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold

DALLAS (AP) — Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring snow, sleet, ice, bone-chilling temperatures and extensive power outages to about half the U.S. population. Forecasters warned that catastrophic damage, ...