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Former schoolhouse Randville Hall for sale

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 ...

CopperDog endures even without main events

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 ...

Wisconsin businesses can get loans for weather losses

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.P. man charged in Green Bay murder

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 ...

Calumet student to compete in Poetry Out Loud

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 Humanities ...

Mild winter brings early maple syrup tapping

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 ...