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Colton Yelle wins first career feature win

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ESCANABA — It wasn’t just another race for junior sprints driver Colton Yelle on Saturday night. It was a milestone two years in the making as he took home his first career feature win. “I felt great out there tonight,” Yelle said. “The car was doing really well and the track was a ...

Bark River-Harris girls win U.P. Golf Finals in Division Two

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HOUGHTON — Bark River-Harris girls ended their season on the highest of notes last Wednesday after posting a score of 416 enough to take the U.P. Title in Division 3 as they were 12 points better than Cedarville who ended with 428, Hancock came in third with 442, Ironwood was fourth with 449 ...

Big Bay girls claim U.P. Division Three title

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WATERSMEET — The Big Bay de Noc girls golf team cruised their way to a golf championship in division 3 with a score of 475. Ontonagon was second with a score of 532, the only two teams to field five-person teams. Ontonagon junior Summer Stites had the best score of the day with a 103, ...

Brayden Lundquist celebrates birthday with pair of feature wins

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ESCANABA — It was a good birthday for Brayden Lundquist at the Escanaba Motor Speedway Saturday Night as he picked up a pair of feature wins in the 600 sprints and in the street stocks. In the 600 sprints, Lundquist started on the pole and never trailed in the race. Lundquist also picked up ...

DNR to livestream Superior Maximus descent

Outdoors

Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries research biologist Shawn Sitar and the crew of the research vessel Lake Char will be joining documentary filmmakers Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick to explore Superior Maximus — the deepest point of Lake Superior — as it has never been ...

Use safe firewood practices this camping season

Outdoors

The Michigan Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and Natural Resources are reminding residents and visitors that invasive pests and diseases can hitchhike in untreated firewood, spreading easily from one location to another. Many of these harmful pests, including hemlock woolly ...