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Man charged in girlfriend’s death waives preliminary hearing

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MARINETTE — A Wisconsin man accused of killing his girlfriend has waived his preliminary hearing, binding his case over for arraignment. Robert Alan Chilcote, 29, of Porterfield, Wis., appeared in the Marinette County Courthouse on Thursday alongside his defense attorney, Hannah Rachel ...

Update: Boy killed in Ironwood area struck by vehicle

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IRONWOOD — A 2-year-old boy who died early March 19 was struck by a vehicle after leaving a nearby residence in Ironwood Township without family members being aware, according to the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office. The ongoing investigation has determined the traffic incident happened ...

Migration hits the brakes in icy weather

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Not surprisingly, the recent rounds of severe weather has brought much of the spring migration to a halt in the region. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's BirdCast migration dashboard showed that after an estimated 2.63 million birds crossed Monday in Wisconsin, the movement flatlined through ...

Evers vetoes GOP bills for no tax on overtime and tips

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed Republican bills that would eliminate income taxes on tips and overtime, require counties to cooperate with federal immigration agents and overturn his 400-year veto that provided school revenue limit increases. In July 2025, President Donald Trump signed ...

Northwood Beekeepers to host apiary inspector

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FLORENCE, Wis. — Northwoods Beekeepers will host Patrick Sizemore, apiary inspector for the state of Wisconsin, at its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the lower-level conference room of Wild Rivers Interpretive Center in Florence. Sizemore will present on trends in Wisconsin hive health, ...