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Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer hunt opens today

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A beloved Wisconsin tradition begins anew this weekend as hunters take to the woods for the start of the state’s nine-day gun deer season. The season opened at dawn today and closes on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 1. Hunters are looking to rebound after a tepid 2023 season that saw a total harvest of about 174,000 deer, down about 17% from 2022 after an above-average harvest in 2021. The decline was steepest in northern Wisconsin, which saw a 27% decrease in antlerless harvest and a 14% decrease in antlered harvest, the sharpest drop in both categories among ...

Menominee County a leader in deer harvest in Michigan

MENOMINEE — Menominee County is showing the second-highest harvest total in Michigan during the first week of the firearm deer season. As of Wednesday afternoon, Menominee County’s total of 2,137 deer trailed only downstate Sanilac County at 2,567, according to the Michigan Department of ...

Delta County Board holds public hearing on renewable energy ordinance

ESCANABA — A public hearing Tuesday on a yet unfinished ordinance regulating renewable energy in the county offered a glimpse into how Delta County could manage utility scale solar. “I just want to remind folks, a big reason that you’re all sitting up there tonight was that one of the former commissioners had a massive conflict of interest when it came to solar, and it really was Bob Barron and Dave Moyle who decided what those setbacks were going to be in the end,” said Joe Kaplan, who serves as on the Delta Conservation District Board but spoke as a resident at the Delta ...

Eagle Scout project produces gaga ball court for park

ESCANABA — The newest fixture in Ludington Park was the result of an Eagle Scout service project, a key benchmark for a youth seeking to secure the highest Scouting achievement. Brett Hensley of Gladstone, who belongs to Troop 411 of the Hiawathaland District within the Bay-Lakes Council of Scouting America / Boy Scouts of America, recently installed a gaga pit, made for playing a game that’s been called “a gentler version of dodgeball.” The Eagle Scout rank is an esteemed honor that only 6% of scouts attain, according to Scouting America. Educational institutions and some ...

Houghton County boy murdered in 1958 laid to rest in Wisconsin

The remains of a 7-year-old boy who was found in a culvert in Mequon, Wisconsin, 65 years ago was laid to rest last Friday, Nov. 15. A funeral Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday at St. Peter of Alcantara Church in Port Washington, Wisconsin, according to the Associated Press, followed ...

IM adding 2 full-time firefighters

IRON MOUNTAIN — Help is on the way for the understaffed Iron Mountain Fire Department as two new full-timers will be added to reduce the amount of overtime needed for adequate coverage. The city council approved the move last month to bring the full-time staff to nine. They learned Monday that Dan Martel and Louis Neilio had accepted the job offers with the department. The department’s overtime costs in October totaled more than $24,000, with one captain alone logging 156 extra hours. The city has struggled to employ enough part-timers to keep the amount of overtime from climbing ...