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Predator hunting offers challenges, excitement

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MARQUETTE — When deer season ends and before bird season begins there is a way for sportsmen to still enjoy the thrill of hunting in the northern Michigan woods. Predator hunting, the taking of animal predators such as coyotes and foxes, is legal year-round in the state. There is no bag limit on coyotes or foxes, although only two bobcats are allowed during the few months of winter during which the cats are in season. Michigan Department of Natural Resources forest technician Tom Burnis, an avid predator hunter, explained how the act of enticing predators involves posing as their ...

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We stood in the summer sunshine on that thin ribbon of beach sand. Behind us, the beautiful blue of the big lake was rolling, rising and falling as it gasped, rushing toward us, tumbling and crashing into a sputtering foam of white water. The cold drink rushed over our feet giving us that first time shiver. As the wave retreated, it exposed a wide field of beautiful glistening stones worn smooth by the water, dazzling our eyes with numerous shades of browns, oranges and reds, along with countless speckled granites and shiny quartz. The sky was a clear true blue and the warmth was ...

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MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA — Ray Curtis was born on Feb. 11, 1917, about two months before the United States entered World War I and a year before what became known as the Spanish Flu ravaged the nation. Automobiles had not yet become common in the states and air travel was in its infancy. The ...

Medicare - the basics (part 1)

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Medicare is a government program that provides health insurance coverage for senior citizens age 65 years and older, the disabled of any age, and to anyone suffering from end-stage renal disease. Medicare is divided into four parts, which are known as Medicare Part-A, B, C, and D. ≤ What is Medicare Part-A? Part-A is hospital insurance, which helps cover inpatient care in hospitals, including critical access hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities (but does not cover custodial or long-term care). Medicare Part-A also helps cover hospice care and some home health care, but you ...

Michigan’s school officials worry about immigration raids

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LANSING — Sparks of fear have arisen across Michigan after the Department of Homeland Security rescinded protections that barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from enforcement actions like raids at previously designated “sensitive” areas such as schools and churches. The ...

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A top aide to President Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, promised the new Trump administration would launch mass deportations immediately, at “light speed.” As a candidate, Trump pitched mass deportation as a much-needed redo of a post-World War II roundup authorized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In other words, if popular nice-guy Eisenhower invoked mass deportation, then there is solid precedent to repeat the tactic. History gap After World War II, low wages in parts of the country combined with support for jobs for returning soldiers helped fuel political opposition to ...