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Marquette hosts 18th annual UP football showcase

Local Sports

MARQUETTE — The 18th annual Upper Peninsula Football All-Star Game is scheduled for 1 p.m. Eastern time today at the Superior Dome in Marquette. Tickets are $12 for those walking up to the Northern Michigan University facility, with doors opening at noon. Children ages 6 years and under ...

Still waiting to see if loon nest yields chicks

Outdoors

The watch continues on whether Six Mile Lake’s loon pair will successfully hatch chicks this summer. A loon was still on nest Friday, roughly two weeks since I’d spotted one among the tall grasses and other vegetation in a narrow side pool where the lake flows into Six Mile Creek. While ...

Green Bay’s Doug Gottlieb gets contract extension

Local Sports

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay coach Doug Gottlieb has agreed to a contract extension that takes his deal through the 2030-31 season. Athletic director Josh Moon announced the extension Friday. The school did not release financial details of the extension. Moon, who hired Gottlieb in ...

Outdoors report: Vilas County creel survey dates back 80 years

Outdoors

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources today is marking the 80th anniversary of the Northern Highland Fishery Research Area, one of the longest-running fisheries research projects in the world. Located in Vilas County and including the Northwoods lakes of Escanaba, Nebish, Pallette, ...

Visit with Heimo and Edna Korth at UP convention

Outdoors

ESCANABA — Heimo and Edna Korth of “The Last Alaskans” will be on hand at the U.P. Trappers Association Convention and Outdoor Expo set for July 10 and 11 at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba Heimo Korth will be sharing “Stories from the Arctic – Slideshow and Q&A” in his ...

Skubal fans 8, Tigers beat White Sox 4-3

Local Sports

DETROIT (AP) — Tarik Skubal struck out eight while pitching into the sixth inning, and Matt Vierling and Kerry Carpenter hit home runs to help lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Friday night. Skubal allowed three runs and seven hits with a walk in 5 2/3 innings in ...