Sports

War against invasive

SKANDIA -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service applied lampricide to the Chocolay River this week, as part of a larger, decades-long effort to control the population of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes. Sea lamprey are native to the Atlantic Ocean, but spread to the Great Lakes in the late 19th and early 20th century thanks to the development of the Great Lakes shipping industry and the bypassing of Niagara Falls. According to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, sea lampreys were first spotted in Lake Erie in 1921 and had arrived in Lake Superior by 1938. Sea lamprey have a ...

U.P. Polls

ELEVEN PLAYER 1. Kingsford (6) 9-0 30 2. Menominee 8-1 24 3. Marquette 6-3 15 4. BR-Harris 7-2 12 5. Iron Mountain 7-2 6 Also - Negaunee 5-4, 3. EIGHT PLAYER 1. LL-Hubbell (6) 9-0 30 2. Pickford 7-2 23 3. St. Ignace 8-1 15 3. North Central 7-2 15 5. Ishpeming 7-2 4 Also - Rudyard 7-2, 2 and Forest Park 6-3, 1. U.P. Volleyball Poll Division 1-3 1. Kingsford (5) 22-3-0 25 1 2. Calumet 20-11-1 20 2 3. Negaunee 19-13-1 15 3 4. Houghton 11-8-0 10 4 5. ...

North Central wins both middle school basketball contests against Stephenson

Stephenson school and state football records broken

STEPHENSON — The Stephenson Eagles are proud to recognize 3 of their senior football players who have broken numerous school and state records this season. Their success is a reflection of the commitment shown by them, their teammates and the coaching staff, who have worked together to help ...

Prep Schedule Oct. 28

Tonight’s games Volleyball Alpena C.C. at Bay College, 6:30 p.m. Thursday’s games Volleyball Superior Central at Munising, 6 p.m. Manistique at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Crystal Falls Forest Park at Bark River-Harris, 7:15 p.m. Powers North Central at Rapid River, 7:30 p.m.

The fight to save Michigan's bats

Think bats are spooky? Let’s dispel some myths right off the, ah, bat. Bats do not want to touch human hair. They are not blind. Less than 1% of bats carry rabies. And, no, bats do not suck blood (at least the bats living in Michigan). Here’s the real scary part about bats: Their numbers were decimated by a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome more than a decade ago and, despite researchers’ ongoing efforts, have not yet recovered. That’s frightening because bats play an important role in our world. An average bat eats more than 3,000 bugs a night – from mosquitoes to ...