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Sports

Ethan Marta named Mr. Basketball

Local Sports

MARQUETTE — Ethan Marta enjoyed a solid senior season and was rewarded for his efforts during the 76th Annual boys’ basketball meeting of the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association here Monday. The 6-foot-3 Ishpeming Westwood cager finished his career with 2,069 points ...

Sports Flashback March 29-April 4

Local Sports

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 ...

Davey earns All-UP Honors in boys basketball

Local Sports

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 ...

Upper Wisconsin River Legacy Forest expands in Vilas County

Outdoors

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 ...

The sounds of a winter night in the Upper Peninsula

Outdoors

“But my words like silent raindrops fell, within the wells of silence,” – Paul Simon As the shadows fell and the world turned, I watched the stars – in their intriguing constellations – move across the cold skies of a late winter’s March night. I made my observations over a period ...