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Remember when?

This week’s “Remember When?” — provided by the Niagara Area Historical Museum — continues with its “Life Behind the Mill” series, offering a glimpse into the close-knit community and everyday experiences of generations of families who resided along the Menominee River. In ...

Tribes respond to reports of euthanized wolf pack

The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission is condemning what it calls a lack of communication between state agencies and tribal communities after nine wolves were trapped and euthanized in Wisconsin's Price County. In a news release, the commission described the wolves as a pack ...

Region’s drought worsens as El Nino may be intense

IRON MOUNTAIN — Drought conditions have turned extreme in northern Wisconsin and bordering Upper Peninsula communities, including Iron Mountain-Kingsford. Rainfall has measured far below average since July at the Iron Mountain-Kingsford Wastewater Treatment Plant observation site. A mere ...

Enbridge reports aquifer breach on Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin

Enbridge is responding to an aquifer breach on a $1 billion project to reroute its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin. The breach occurred last week during installation of a new stretch of the pipeline under the Marengo River. The breach was first reported by Northern News ...

UW physicist earns Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved. Halzen said he had been told he was among the ...

TFT offers free introduction to orienteering field program

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — Trees For Tomorrow or TFT, in partnership with Tara Lila LLC, invites beginner navigators to a free Introduction to Orienteering program from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at the TFT campus in Eagle River.  Thanks to a wonderful partnership with Tara Lila LLC, TFT ...