President Donald Trump has lifted a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, clearing the way for a South American company eyeing the region's precious metals to begin applying for permits. Environmentalists fear the move will create a precedent for ...
Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. For this week's “America at 250” story, see page ...
Wolves on a remote island in Lake Superior appear to be thriving, but they're making deep dents in the moose population that they rely on as a leading food source, according to a report released Monday. Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre national park in far western Lake Superior between Grand ...
The Trump administration’s recently announced plans to radically restructure the U.S. Forest Service have raised concerns among advocates that forest land across Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest could suffer. The plan, announced late last month, will relocate the agency’s head office from ...
MARINETTE — A 43-year-old Iron Mountain woman was arrested Sunday afternoon for suspected drug activity after a traffic stop in the Town of Middle Inlet in Marinette County. At 1:20 p.m. Sunday, Marinette County deputies made a traffic stop on U.S. 141 near Moonshine Hill Road in Middle ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state's lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy ...
