September 2023

Judge approves tribal fishing rights agreement

On August 24, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney in Kalamazoo approved an agreement among four indigenous tribes, federal regulators, and the state of Michigan, establishing fishing regulations for portions of the upper Great Lakes. This accord, which allocates fishing privileges across Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior, extends a preexisting regulatory structure that had been in deliberation since its lapse in 2020, now spanning the next 24 years.
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Pets offer health benefits

Many, many households in the United States have at least one pet. It has been recently estimated that approximately 65 million homes have a dog in the USA today, and there are about 47 million USA homes that have a cat as a pet.
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Grand Marais Chamber Questions

Considerable confusion regarding the Grand Marais Chamber of Commerce has disrupted the public in Northeast Alger County. The main question is whether or not the nonprofit even exists after a decade’s worth of not filing federal tax forms and a claim that the organization had dissolved itself at a special meeting.
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