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Four killed, dozens injured in fire at Canada military base

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people injured, including 19 critically, when a fast-moving fire swept through an outdoor military training exercise in Alberta, overtaking soldiers as they practiced combat attacks with live ammunition, officials ...

Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia

(AP) — Ukrainian strikes set an oil export terminal and a depot ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia in one of its largest aerial attacks of the war. The strikes came as tensions between Kyiv and Washington deepened, with U.S. President ...

Lynx are native to UP, but very rarely seen

The news last month that the first new species of wild feline in roughly a century had been discovered in South America made me think of our own native cats in the Upper Peninsula. All three of North American native cats that can be found north of the Mexican border states have been seen ...

As Great Lakes ice cover shrinks, old data offers new clues

LANSING — The amount of ice on the Great Lakes has declined rapidly over the past four decades, but a warming climate might not be the only explanation for freezing fluctuations during the last century. Those are the findings of a new study that reported, for the first time, 125 years of ...

Why septic system owners can’t just ‘flush and forget’

“Flush it and forget it” is easier for Wisconsin residents who are connected to municipal wastewater treatment systems. But the state has more than 750,000 septic systems in operations. These privately owned systems require regular maintenance and pumping. It’s safe to say that no one ...