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Here is what the Upper Michigan Today's All Booked Up book group has been reading. Join Marty for an in-person, in-depth conversation the last Monday of the month at 10:00 in the Dandelion Cottage Room at the Peter White Public Library. Book descriptions in this article are adapted from publishers’ summaries and library catalog records. “Beasts” By Ingvild Bjerkeland with translation by Rosie Hedger (TNFIC BJERKEL) — The world has been overrun by hitherto unknown beasts. Society has collapsed: the power is gone, cars are abandoned across the highways, and anyone left is ...

Despite wrecking ball, memories of old Negaunee school live on

It’s been 40 years ago since the wrecking ball struck down the old Negaunee High School building in half of a full block surrounded by Teal Lake Avenue, Peck Street and Pioneer Avenue. For those who graduated before that time, I’m sure that every class reunion held during Pioneer Week ...

Uganda giraffes get new home to escape oil drilling

MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK, Uganda — On a cold morning in Uganda's largest national park, rangers chat and sing to lift their spirits ahead of the start of a daunting wildlife project considered critical to conservation: moving the Nubian giraffe to a new home. Rangers at Murchison ...

Endangered whales won’t be protected for a decade

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — New protections for endangered right whales in the North Atlantic would be postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington last week with the full-throated support of the fishing and lobster industries. Environmentalists say this ...

Swords, axes and shields out front in medieval combat championship

SPØTTRUP, Denmark — With swords, axes and shields, competitors from 30 countries are going head-to-head in the grounds of a Danish fortress in a modern version of old-fashioned battle. The International Medieval Combat Federation's annual world championship roared into gear in northern ...