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Marinette County ballot measure calls for a property tax increase

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Marinette County seeks to increase its annual property tax revenues by $1.5 million in a referendum on the ballot for Tuesday, April 7. If approved, the levy would result in an estimated property tax increase of $20 per $100,000 of equalized assessed property value, according to the Marinette ...

Incumbents seek reelection in northern Marinette County

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Candidates for a number of local offices in northern Marinette County face no opposition on the ballot in Wisconsin’s spring election, set for Tuesday, April 7. In the city of Niagara, incumbents Glenn Lantagne, Dan Decker and Lisa A. Johnson are unopposed Tuesday for three seats on the ...

Winter storm watch to begin late Wednesday

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A winter storm watch will be in effect from late Wednesday night through Thursday afternoon in Dickinson and Menominee counties with heavy mixed precipitation possible, the National Weather Service said. Total snow and sleet accumulations between 2 and 5 inches and ice accumulations up to 0.2 ...

Most counties in Michigan gained population last year

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(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Since 2020, Michigan has added nearly 56,000 residents, but that growth was not evenly distributed across the state. Most Michigan counties ...

Upper Wisconsin River Legacy Forest expands in Vilas County

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The Upper Wisconsin River Legacy Forest was established in 2015 with 1,042 acres of forestland southeast of Land O’Lakes along the Wisconsin River. It’s privately owned with a conservation easement through the state of Wisconsin. Now, 191 acres along Highway 45 and County Road E is ...

NMU PRSSA to host 8th annual Coffee Crawl

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MARQUETTE — From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, April 18, the Northern Michigan University chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America will be hosting the eighth annual Coffee Crawl. The event will occur in three time slots: 8 to 10 a.m., 10 a.m. to noon and noon 2 ...