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Golden K appreciates support for fundraiser

Bouquet: Golden K members hosted their annual Peanut Fundraiser the Friday of the Labor Day holiday weekend. With the generosity of the community and a free small bag of peanuts, the club raises funds to provide three events each year for children with special needs. The group also shares donations with seven local charities. Golden K thanks everyone who helped us make their goal this year. Corporate sponsors included Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home; Blagec Brothers Inc.; Champion Inc.; U.P. Propane; Miller Products; Town & Country Sales; Forward Financial Credit Union; Northern ...

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State to install firewood quarantine starting Jan. 1

The problem with invasive species in Michigan has reached a point where the state is taking what it calls “the next step” to stem the spread: A quarantine on untreated firewood. Starting Jan. 1, such firewood cannot be brought in from outside Michigan under Act 189 of 1931 — The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Michigan Invasive Species Program announced Thursday. The quarantine will not apply to firewood that has been properly heat-treated and certified by MDARD, another state agriculture department or the ...

Marshfield Clinic Research Institute wants your ticks

With weather turning cooler as fall approaches, it might be expected the threat of ticks would start to diminish. No such luck, apparently. Marshfield Clinic Research Institute research has shown an autumn surge of deer ticks, which transmit Lyme and other diseases. With people outdoors taking in the fall foliage, hunting or perhaps doing pick-your-own of the year’s farm produce, that means being tick aware and taking preventive measures. But the institute has another request: If a tick turns up (hopefully not attached), don’t throw it away or otherwise dispose of it. They want ...