SAGOLA TOWNSHIP — A piece of Randville history is up for sale. Sagola Township officials have decided to put Randville Hall, W8555 M-95, on the market after years of weighing the cost of maintaining the building versus actual public use. The former schoolhouse, thought to be at least a ...
CALUMET — Warm weather and a change of plans didn’t stop crowds and mushers from celebrating CopperDog. The annual sled dog race in Calumet was canceled mid-February due to the warm weather and lack of snow. Saturday’s and Sunday’s events, which included weight pulls and the Kids CopperDash, had already been on the schedule. But after the main races were canceled, organizers came up with new Friday events a couple of weeks ago. In the CopperDrag, two teams of one-dog sleds faced off to see who could make it to the end of their 250-foot lane the fastest. Twenty-four mushers ...
FLORENCE, Wis. (AP) — Businesses in Florence, Forest and Marinette counties have until Nov. 27 to apply for a federal disaster loan if they have suffered losses due to this year’s unusually mild winter, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced. In a news release Saturday, Evers said he and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, have been working with the U.S. Small Business Administration to expand eligibility for Wisconsin businesses. Businesses that suffered economic injury as a direct result of the lack of snow, including losses related to reduced winter tourist activity in the ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A Caspian man accused in a multi-state killing spree in August 2022 will face arraignment March 26 in Brown County Circuit Court for the Aug. 1 stabbing death of 65-year-old Patrick Ernst in Green Bay. Caleb Scott Anderson has already been ordered to serve life in prison in Alabama without possibility of parole after pleading guilty in January to capital murder charges in the Aug. 3, 2022, stabbing death of Flomaton, Ala., resident Dwight Anthony Dixon, 52. Anderson, who left his cell phone at that murder scene, was driving a vehicle he allegedly stole from the ...
CALUMET — A Calumet student is heading to Lansing next week to compete in a state poetry competition. Liisa Ylitalo, an 11th-grade student at Calumet High School, will join 19 other high-school students from across Michigan at the Poetry Out Loud finals on March 9. The Michigan ...
HYDE — Due to abnormal weather, producers of maple syrup in the Upper Peninsula began tapping trees far earlier than usual this year. It has been going well so far, but as extraction is still underway, sugarmakers were quick to point out that they won’t be able to speak on how the yielded quantity compares to other seasons for at least a few weeks. One local research center situated in prime maple country is using high-tech equipment to not only make syrup but also study every aspect of its production. In Hyde, the Michigan State University Forestry Innovation Center is one of a ...
