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Free Fishing Weekend begins Saturday

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) announced all fishing license fees in the State of Michigan will be waived this weekend for their winter Free Fishing Weekend event. Two days twice a year, families and friends can enjoy one of Michigan's premier outdoor activities, Michigan ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 12

Tonight’s games Team District Division 4 At Manistique Newberry vs. Manistique, 5:30 p.m. St. Ignace vs. Rudyard, 5:30 p.m. Championship match, 7 p.m. Girls’ basketball Munising at Superior Central, 6 p.m. Rapid River at Powers North Central, 6:15 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Carney-Nadeau, 7 p.m. Ishpeming at Escanaba, 7 p.m. Manistique at Stephenson, 7:15 p.m. Gwinn at Gladstone, 7:15 p.m. Friday’s games Boys’ and girls’ basketball NLL tournament at Sault Ste. Marie (LSSU), TBA Hockey Escanaba at Calumet, 6 p.m. Boys’ basketball Escanaba ...

Those perplexing pines

Pines are the second largest taxonomic group of trees in Michigan, by volume, exceeded only by the maples. However, what makes a “pine” a pine? All that is “evergreen” is not a pine, or even evergreen. “Pines” belong to the genus Pinus. Michigan forestlands boast three ...

Norse women make easy work of Montcalm

SIDNEY, MI – The Bay College Women's Basketball Team (19-4, 8-1 MCCAA) cruised to a 96-54 victory over the Montcalm Community College Centurions (7-15, 4-5 MCCAA) on Saturday afternoon. The two teams looked evenly matched in the first quarter. Two lead changes and a lot of offense resulted in a 23-20 Bay College lead after the first frame. Both teams shot it well in the opening frame with Bay hitting 45/5% of their shots and Montcalm connecting at a 47.1% rate. Things changed quickly in the second quarter as the Centurion offense was not able to keep up the pace, but the Norse ...

Eskymos defeat Emeralds in non-conference action

ESCANABA — A strong team effort led Escanaba boys basketball to a 65-55 victory over the Manistique Emeralds here Tuesday. The Eskymos had four players in double figures as Braden Cooper had 16, Lennox Peacock added 15, Owen Fields had 14 and Beau Racine had 10 points coming off the ...

Bay men's team gets big win over Montcalm

SIDNEY, MI – The Bay College Men's Basketball Team (17-6, 6-3 MCCAA) fought off a tough Montcalm Community College Centurions (7-15, 4-4 MCCAA) team on the road and came away with a 59-48 victory. A seven-point run for the Norse midway through the first half opened up an eight-point lead for Bay, and would help them hold on that lead for the remainder of the first half, but Montcalm was not willing allow Bay to take control. The Norse held a slim 24-20 lead at halftime. The Centurions responded to start the second half regaining the lead. It would take the Norse over five minutes ...