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Michigan may adopt wolf hunt if federal protections lifted

LANSING – Pending legislation would allow gray wolf hunting and trapping if the federal government takes the animals off the Endangered Species List. The possibility raises concerns among environmentalists that removing wolves from federal protection could set the species back and ...

Audit faults how Michigan job training program used funding

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan’s workforce training program spent over $59 million to reimburse employers for on-the-job training, rather than fund education to ...

Absentee voting opens in Wisconsin for midterms

Voting in Wisconsin’s midterm elections has officially begun. Local clerks across the state were required to send absentee ballots to voters with valid requests already on file by Thursday. Data from the Wisconsin Elections Commission shows that 299,849 absentee ballots have already ...

Run Iron Mountain offers scenic races for all ages and abilities

IRON MOUNTAIN — Lace up, hit the course and celebrate at one of the Upper Peninsula’s most scenic and community-driven races. The 14th-annual Run Iron Mountain returns Saturday, Sept. 26, taking runners from downtown Iron Mountain through the scenic roads and trails of Dickinson ...

Canada PM Carney embraces EU associate membership proposal

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday embraced the prospect of his country becoming the European Union’s first associate member, saying closer ties with the continent would ensure no country could control Canada’s markets or undermine its ...

Groups fight to keep national forests in Michigan road-free

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Conservation groups are on a quest to keep thousands of acres of national forest land in Michigan free from permanent roads and logging. The ...