By Madeleine Smith msmith@mininggazette.com The second annual CLK Rotary Club Fishing Tournament is coming up Saturday from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Every dollar raised stays local and goes directly back into the community for renovation, beautification and infrastructure improvements. This ...
“Walking in the sunshine, sing a little sunshine song.” – Roger Miller I found myself awake and unable to go back to sleep this morning at about 4 a.m. My brain was trying to work out problems with some writing I’ve been working on. Having experienced similar situations in the ...
“And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain.” – John Fogerty As I write this morning, I can hear the spattering sound of cars passing over wet blacktop. It rained hard an hour or so ago and I have the window pushed open a few inches in my study. When the soft breeze lifts ...
By KISMA, MTU For the past few summers, the Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area (KISMA) boat wash crew has been traveling to boat launches throughout Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw Counties with a portable boat wash station to educate boaters on the importance of preventing the spread ...
By Mark Thiessen and Audrey McAvoy Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday halted a lower court ruling that would have shut down southeast Alaska’s chinook salmon troll fishery for the summer to protect endangered orca whales that eat the fish. The ...
“Down around the bend in the water, bring your fishing line.” – Gordon Lightfoot As is not uncommon across this peninsula, nature has flipped the script in short order and delivered us from a brief series of cold and gray early mornings. At least for now. The days of summer – dog ...