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Public input sought during spring hearings

Local News

A proposal from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to open the inland trout season a month earlier is among the topics the public will take up at the annual Fish and Wildlife Spring Hearings. Sessions on Monday in all Wisconsin counties are organized through the DNR and the ...

Panel to give advice on Wisconsin wolves

Local News

IRON MOUNTAIN — Applications are due Sunday, May 4, for stakeholder seats on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Wolf Advisory Committee. The WAC acts as an advisory body to help identify and discuss emerging issues related to wolves in Wisconsin. It provides input and ...

County, school, township meetings scheduled

Local News

By Daily News staff Iron Mountain Planning Commission will meet at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Iron Mountain City Hall. Florence County Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. Monday in Room 259 of Florence County High School. The agenda includes student use of electronic communication devices, bus ...

US can’t provide details on mistakenly deported man

International News

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday lambasted a government lawyer who couldn't explain what, if anything, the Trump administration has done to arrange for the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The U.S. ...

Stocks jump, bonds swing

Business

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks jumped Friday in another manic day on Wall Street, while the falling value of the U.S. dollar and other swings in financial markets suggested fear is still high about escalations in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China. The S&P 500 rallied 1.8%, ...

Protect large or small natural areas? The answer may be both

Local News

LANSING — Biologists have long debated whether it’s better to protect many small and isolated natural areas or focus on large, continuous areas to maximize the number of plant and animal species that can survive over the long term. Now a study has the answer: Large, continuous natural ...