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Feds issue Line 5 tunnel permit

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has permitted construction of Enbridge Energy’s controversial Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of ...

Wisconsin congressional primaries set stage for November

With Tuesday’s primary elections now complete, the slate of candidates is set for Wisconsin’s U.S. House elections in November. In the 7th Congressional District, Michael Alfonso of Hayward, the 26-year-old son-in-law of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, won a crowded, often-contentious Republican primary. Fred Clark, 67, of Bayfield, a state Assembly member from 2009 to 2015, won the Democratic primary over two others. In the 7th District congressional primary in Florence County, Alfonso led Republicans with 465 votes, followed by Kevin Hermening with 138 and Jessi ...

House explosion, fire kills two in Wausaukee area

WAUSAUKEE, Wis. — Authorities are still investigating the cause of a house explosion and fire that killed an elderly couple Friday morning in the Town of Wausaukee. The call came in just after 10:30 a.m. Friday of a residential explosion on Finnel Road, according to a news release Tuesday from the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office. The residence already was engulfed in flames when the Wausaukee Fire Department and Wausaukee Rescue arrived, along with Marinette County Sheriff’s deputies. After the fire was suppressed, a search found two bodies in the residence: 81-year-old Roger ...