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Emeralds take first place in girls track meet

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SAULT STE. MARIE — The Manistique girls opened their track and field season the way they wanted, earning top honors in the Fifth Annual Yooper Invitational here Saturday. Manistique scored 91 points, followed by Pickford 71 and Kalkaska 54 inside the Norris Center at Lake Superior State University. The Charlevoix boys ran away with the title by scoring 147½ points. They were followed by Kalkaska 98½ and Rudyard 57½. Manistique junior Aaliyah Sears won the girls’ 55-meter dash in 7.91 seconds and 400 at 1:05.91 and senior Gwen Brewster added a first in shot put with a toss of ...

DNR to hear from citizens

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council is scheduled to hear updates on the history and management of oak wilt, learn about a new digital tagging option for hunters called eHarvest and consider support for council wildlife committee ...

Sports Flashback March 15-21

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March 21, 1966 — Wally Slade tossed in 23 points, leading Escanaba Tom’s Signs to a 61-54 basketball victory over Daggett in the opening round of the 28th Annual Gold Medal tournament at Hermansville. Cliff Perras hit 23 points while leading Powers Gold Star past Escanaba Skinny’s 68-49 and the Norway Merchants eliminated the Escanaba Merchants 66-59 despite 26 points from John Berrigan. March 15, 1971 — Gary Kleiman pumped in 23 points to go with 11 rebounds as the Holy Name Crusaders captured the Class B regional title in a 74-51 conquest of Kingsford. Tom Ness and ...

Burns prescribed in Hiawatha and Ottawa Natl. Forests

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ESCANABA — Once conditions are appropriate, the National Forest intends to conduct controlled burns in 10,082 acres of Hiawatha National Forest and 1,143 in Ottawa National Forest. “We use prescribed fires to help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, ...

Sidetracks wins in overtime at 87th Gold Medal Classic

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HERMANSVILLE — The 87th Gold Medal Classic continued here Wednesday night with four games. In the first game it was Duboise picking up a 70-51 victory over Kingsford in Class D action. Cornellius Steele led the way for Duboise with 20 points. Dondre Yoho had 15 points and Nolan Amundson and ...