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Outdoors report: Trout opener April 4 in Wisconsin

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Wisconsin's inland trout season will open Saturday, April 4, one month earlier than prior seasons. The change is meant to increase harvest chances throughout the state’s inland streams, springs and spring ponds. "Trout populations are strong across most Wisconsin waters and this additional ...

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church hosts blood drive

Local News

IRON MOUNTAIN — Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Iron Mountain will host a UP Health System Regional Blood Center blood drive from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 30. Walk-ins are welcome. For more information, contact the center at 906-449-1450. All donations made with the U.P. Regional ...

Moving mountains of snow

Local News

Iron Mountain Department of Public Works crews continued with snow removal on Thursday after Blizzard Elsa. Workers relocated a mountain of snow from a downtown parking lot on Hughitt Street, truckload by truckload, to a Chapin Pit area dump site. By late afternoon the lot was cleared. The ...

Man dies in Pembine fire; woman, 2 children injured

Local News

PEMBINE, Wis. — A 30-year-old Pembine man died and three other people, including two children, were injured as agencies responded to a fire Tuesday morning at a home in the town of Pembine. Roy J. Newling was pronounced dead after being removed from the home by firefighters, Marinette ...

Appeals court denies new trial for man in near-fatal beating

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A Bark River man convicted in the near-fatal beating of his ex-wife in August 2022 will not get a new trial, the Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled. The appeals court March 11 affirmed decisions the lower court had made on several challenges Lloyd Jarvi raised over his trial, including ...

UPCC selects Waldrop as Apprentice of the Year

Business

HARRIS – The Upper Peninsula Construction Council had its annual Apprentice of the Year banquet Saturday at the Island Resort and Casino to recognize outstanding apprentices in the construction industry. Brandon Waldrop of UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 111 was named Apprentice of the ...