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Judge strikes Trump immigration policy

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two National Guard members that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to stay and enter the U.S. In a ruling harshly criticizing the administration, U.S. District ...

Swinging into summer

CALUMET — Summer Hours for the Calumet Public-School Library will begin on Monday. With the change in availability, its summer events schedule will kick into full-gear. Here are some fun activities to do this summer at the library. The Friends of the Calumet Public Library will host its ...

Combating invasives

BARAGA COUNTY — The Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conservancy (SWP) announced the launch of its Great Lakes Climate Corps (GLCC) and Great Lakes Tribal Conservation Corps (GLTCC) field season. Tyler Penrod, SWP’s GLCC Program Manager, said SWP has several projects ongoing ...

Taking heat

WATERSMEET — The US Forest Service is proposing a massive project in an Upper Peninsual national forest would log land roughly the size of Detroit, expand gravel mining and build roads, according to a report in Bridge Michigan. Referred to as the Silver Branch Vegetation Management Project, ...

Suspect arrested after Marquette shooting

MARQUETTE — An incident in Marquette Tuesday evening lead to a shooting, a vehicle chase and, ultimately, a fiery crash. At approximately 9:14 p.m. on Tuesday, the Marquette Police Department responded to an apartment on W. Baraga Avenue for a 911 call reporting a disturbance between ...

Michigan bald eagle success story faces new threats

This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. The number of bald eagles in Michigan is declining, and funding delays aren’t helping the cause. Researchers who have spent decades climbing ...