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This week’s photo, provided by the Menominee Range Historical Museum, gives a glimpse of what hunting camp looked like in the 1890s. Hunters posed near the primitive shelter in Florence County, Wis., after what looks to have been a successful hunt. The buck pole is fastened between two tall ...

Shortage of rural doctors won’t end anytime soon, report says

For at least the next dozen years, rural areas will continue to have only about two-thirds of the primary care physicians they need, according to a report released Monday. The nonprofit Commonwealth Fund based its analysis on federal health workforce data. Its report comes just days after ...

Whitmer signs GOP-led push for Michigan earmark reforms

The legislative earmark reforms championed by Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, during the fraught 2025-26 budget process became law Tuesday after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the House and Senate’s respective bills into law. Whitmer signed House Bill 4420 and Senate ...

Yonke holding coffee with the superintendent

IRON MOUNTAIN — Coffee with Breitung Township Schools Superintendent Aaron Yonke has been set for 8 to 9 a.m. Thursday at Holiday Kitchen in Iron Mountain. Residents are invited to visit with Yonke and ask questions about the school district.

Plea negotiations underway with judge accused of helping immigrant

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Plea negotiations with a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal agents are underway as her trial nears, the newly minted federal prosecutor overseeing the case said Tuesday. Interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel told The Associated Press in a ...