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War against invasive

SKANDIA — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service applied lampricide to the Chocolay River this week, as part of a larger, decades-long effort to control the population of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes. Sea lamprey are native to the Atlantic Ocean, but spread to the Great Lakes in the ...

Marquette structure fire kills dog

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Fire Department battled a blaze early Tuesday morning at a residence at 1308 N. Front St. There were no human fatalities but one dog was killed by the fire while a second dog and 3 cats were rescued. "Fire crews arrived on scene within four minutes of dispatch and encountered visible smoke and fire conditions on the first floor of a two-story residential structure,” said a MFD press release. "Mutual aid agencies were confirmed enroute, a third alarm was requested and utility companies were notified to secure utilities to the property." Unit 2057 arrived ...