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IRONWOOD - Saturday marks the final day to turn in projects for the second annual Foot in the Door12-by-12-inch Art Sale at the Downtown Art Place. For months, artists have picked up square, wooden boards and decorated them any way they chose. Some boards are on display at DAP, and feature a variety of mediums and subjects. According to Char Brickner, artists can still pick up a board if they choose, as long as it's done by Saturday. There is a deposit fee for each board that will be returned... Full story
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday set a 2018 deadline for the government to complete a long-delayed recovery plan for imperiled Canada lynx in the Lower 48 states. Wildlife advocates had asked U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy to push the government into faster action on the snow-loving big cats, which were added to the list of threatened species in 2000. But after federal officials said budget issues and competing priorities were slowing their work, Molloy indicated Wednesday... Full story
EAST LANSING (AP) - The smell of death in the air at Michigan State University drew crowds following the blooming of the corpse flower. The roughly 5-foot tall flower has the formal name Amorphophallus titanum. Its smell is described as like that of a rotting body, or sometimes merely like dirty socks. Hundreds of people stood in line Tuesday to see the flower at the Plant Biology Conservatory. The rare bloom only lasts a few days. The plant last bloomed in 2010 and before that in 1995. Julia... Full story
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Zoo is welcoming three little - and very rare - piglets. Officials on Monday announced the birth of three Chacoan peccaries. The triplets were born on June 3. The pig-like animals are named for the Gran Chaco area of Paraguay, where researchers found the first live specimens in the early 1970s. Before then, scientists had only fossil records and thought the species was extinct. Chacoan peccaries are critically endangered because of hunting and habitat loss.... Full story
GLADSTONE, Mich. - Mae Elaine Tyree, 87, of Ontonagon, passed away early Sunday, June 22, 2014, at the home of her daughter in Gladstone. Elaine was born in Highland Park to Lloyd and Elsie (Broemer) Mattson on July 18, 1926. The family returned to Ontonagon in 1932 and moved to an 80-acre farm on the Cranberry Road in 1934. Elaine graduated from Ontonagon High School in 1944. She attended Ferris State College and then moved to Racine, Wis., where she met and fell in love with Daniel Tyree.... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Anton James Chouinard, of Ironwood, died unexpectedly at his home on June 20, 2014. He was born March 7, 1963. Anton enjoyed gardening, fishing and almost any outdoor activity. He was a carpenter and cut boughs. He is survived by his dad, James R. Chouinard; sister, Jean (Pat) Olson, of Ironwood; son, Corey, of Hurley, Wis.; daughter, Kimberly; and granddaughter, Elise, of Madison, Wis. He was preceded in death by his mom, Palma "Polly" Chouinard; and his special friend, E.... Full story