By John Pepin “I’m a midnight girl in a sunset town,” – Don Schlitz There is a place I am quite fond of others likely wouldn’t recognize as anything more than a wide spot in a sandy road out in the middle of not too much of anywhere. It is a place without any widescale ...

Marquette: Fishing activity was slightly up this past week in Marquette. There was not a major change in anglers reporting lake trout catches. Best locations for catching lake trout were near White Rocks (70+ feet of water), and near Granite Island (100+ feet of water). Some Chinook and coho ...

“Is this not a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love — that makes nature and life harmonize.” — George Elliot After another bout of near 80F weather, it got here — Autumn. The fondness many have for summer’s warmer temperatures and the crisp fresh air of autumn ...

Well, the rain was a-failing, and the ground turned to mud I was watching all the people running from the flood,” – Denny McLain and Paul McCartney By the time I got there, the rain was falling like a piano tune all over everything, quieting the whole scene right down. There were no ...

Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the plastic tanks on the truck’s flat bed. His timer is set for 5 minutes, 20 seconds — when the tank ...

By The Associated Press The founder of outdoor gear company Patagonia, long known for environmental activism, says the company is transferring all of its voting shares into a trust “dedicated to fighting the environmental crisis and defending nature.” In a letter posted on the ...