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A group calling itself the Penokee Defenders has set up a fund to support its Website and provide a legal defense fund for Katie (Krow) Kloth, of Stevens Point, who is charged in connection with a protest at the planned Gogebic-Taconite mine. A $5,000 signature bond was set in Iron County Court Monday for Kloth, 26, who faces charges related to a heated June 11 confrontation at the site of the proposed iron mine near Upson. Kloth is charged with felony robbery and three misdemeanors related to the disturbance with G-Tac employees. The criminal... Full story
MELLEN, Wis. — The North Country Trail Association-Heritage Chapter is seeking volunteers to help build tread on five new miles of trail in the Copper Falls State Park this weekend. The group will also perform trail maintenance on existing sections of the trail in the Uller and Wren Falls sections. The North Country Trail is being developed as the longest national scenic trail, stretching 4,600 miles from New York to North Dakota, with 225 of those miles in Wisconsin. “What is significant about this trail is that it is built by volunteers,” sai... Full story