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Upper Wisconsin River Legacy Forest expands in Vilas County

The Upper Wisconsin River Legacy Forest was established in 2015 with 1,042 acres of forestland southeast of Land O’Lakes along the Wisconsin River. It’s privately owned with a conservation easement through the state of Wisconsin. Now, 191 acres along Highway 45 and County Road E is being ...

Davey earns All-UP Honors in boys basketball

MARQUETTE — Four area athletes landed berths on the All-Upper Peninsula boys’ basketball team in balloting at the 76th Annual meeting of the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association here Monday. Gladstone junior guard Lonnie Davey earned first-team honors in Division 1-3 and ...

Sports Flashback March 29-April 4

March 29, 1961 — Spalding Benson’s Service advanced in the 28th Annual Gold Medal Basketball tournament at Hermansville, defeating Escanaba Y Tavern in a Class B contest. Maurie Poupore led Benson’s with 26 points. Roger Murray hit 14 and Jerry Wells scored 10. Jim Hamelin paced Y Tavern with 19 and John Berrigan had 14. March 30, 1961 — L&R Sports Shop captured the Escanaba City League tournament title by defeating Stonehouse Restaurant 69-58. John Butrymowicz and Jerry Cvengros paced the winners with 23 points each. Harold Johnson chipped in with 11. Jim Dubord scored 22 ...

Main cause of wolf mortality: people

LANSING – Even though the grey wolf is classified as an endangered species, a new study found that the majority of Michigan’s recorded wolf deaths are caused by humans. Researchers from Michigan State University and their collaborators used GPS collar and mortality data from 608 wolves in ...

DNR shares guidance on proper disposal of storm debris

In response to the March 2026 storm that affected much of northern Michigan during the week of March 15, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources encourages residents looking to clear their property of storm-related debris to work with local emergency operations centers for information ...