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Ladies night out coming to Ishpeming

ISHPEMING — Tonight will see Ishpeming celebrate women in a Ladies Night Out. It will be hosted from 5-8 p.m., across various businesses in town including Milano Smokehouse Meats. “We will have food samples, including cudighi meatballs, our jarred product line and a couple sandwich ...

In honor: Bill would name portion of U.S. 41 after fallen soldier

ESCANABA — Several Upper Peninsula lawmakers are seeking to rename a stretch of U.S. 41 in Menominee County to honor a soldier killed in Iraq in 2007: Spc. David Anthony Wilkey Jr., who was raised in Wilson and still has family in the area. Michigan House Bill No. 4351, introduced in April ...

New research in U.P. shows how invasive earthworms are changing forest soils

MARQUETTE – In a recent study measuring the body size and growth patterns of invasive earthworms in the Huron Mountains, researchers uncovered their role in disrupting forest ecosystems.  Contrary to popular belief, the majority of earthworms in North America are invasive species, ...

Wolves hunt beavers in Isle Royale National Park, changing the ecosystem

ISLE ROYALE – New research published in Nature Scientific Reports reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem. Isle Royale is a ...