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Tight lines!

Outdoors

LANSING — While it may not feel like it, spring fishing is finally here. Wednesday, April 1, was the official kickoff to the new fishing license year in Michigan. Grab your gear and invite someone new to join you and share the fishing experience! Before you hit the water, make sure to ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

Outdoors

“Come on Pearl, come on Kitty, if you feel inclined, down around the bend in the water, bring your fishin' line,” – Gordon Lightfoot In the evenings now, if I travel along the county road, the deer are gathering in any place where there’s bare ground. The surrounding landscape remains ...

It’s for the children

Life

HOUGHTON – The Bi-Annual Kids Consignment Sale is scheduled for April 15-18 at the Copper Country Mall. The Kids Consignment Sale is a pop-up shopping event in the Houghton area. It was established in 2019, creating the ultimate win-win solution between parents as buyers and sellers, says ...

Serving the elderly

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HANCOCK — Easter is this Sunday and Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly is ramping up its annual Easter holiday tradition. The charity provides meals to older adults, aged 60 and older, on multiple occasions including major holidays such as Easter. LBFE Executive Director Carol Korpela, ...

IM man sentenced in overdose death

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MARINETTE, WI — A 2021 overdose death in Niagara, Wis., has resulted in an 18-year prison sentence for one of five codefendants in the case, according to Marinette County District Attorney DeShea D. Morrow. The other four codefendants in the case were previously sentenced for their ...

Knife distributor responds

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ESCANABA — The chief executive of a major distributor of Bark River Knives — the former Escanaba company that shuttered without notice two weeks ago — says it is facing significant losses while trying to protect customers due to Bark River’s use of Chinese steel in some of its knives, ...