B’nai Mitzvah Jerah DemantDaughter of Sharon and Jason Demant, Saturday, Dec. 6, at Temple Sinai in Oakland.  Adena JamesDaughter of Julie Leis and Michael James, Saturday, Dec. 13, at Congregation ...

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Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

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Historic Jennibel shipwreck added to State Register of Historic Places A shipwreck discovered off the coast of Door County was added to the State Register of Historic Places. Stars of Door County ...

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