Ashland native and sustainability advocate Robin Greenfield is two months into a year-long challenge to completely forage all his food in the Northland. Since October, he has lived only on foraged items-wild rice, mushrooms, herbs, fruits, vegetables, and salt; rejecting stores, restaurants, and gardens. Greenfield, who became sustainable in 2011, says, “nature is my garden, my pantry, and my pharmacy.” He aims to inspire others to recognize the land’s abundance” and learn sustainable sourcing. He will also speak about his experience on a tour across Minnesota and Wisconsin. To see where Greenfield will be speaking, go to robingreenfield.org.

Heavy snow, freezing rain, and high winds have closed snowmobile trails in Ontonagon, Iron, Gogebic, Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties, due to downed trees and limbs, according tp the Michigan DNR. Trails coordinator Ron Yesney said snowmobile clubs are clearing paths and assessing damage. North Country Snowmobile Club President Mac McCaughn noted clearing began Saturday, but warm weather prior to the snow left swamps wet, requiring colder temperatures to firm them up. Over two feet of snow fell in areas like the Trap Hills and Porcupine Mountains. The DNR’s John Pepin urges extreme caution due to trail hazards.

According to the Southeast Missourian the Cape Girardeau City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance that accepts a general warranty deed for property by the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport.According to the agenda report, the deed is from the Patt Revocable Family Trust that is dated Nov. 21, 1994. City planner Ryan Shrimplin said the city had recently acquired two tracts from the trust that are adjacent to the airport.

The Cape Girardeau County Collector’s Office announced that the 2025 real estate and personal property tax bills and Merchant’s License renewals were mailed in early November, and payments are due by Wednesday, Dec. 31. According to a news release, payments can be made by cash, check, credit card or online; however, credit card payments must be in person or online. The Collector’s Office says if you are paying by mail, it must have an official postmark of Dec. 31 or earlier.

In Butler County an officer-involved shooting in Neelyville is under investigation. According to Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs, 911 calls began to light up with no one talking overnight on Tuesday.He said a call then came in and the reporting party was whispering.The sheriff said the dispatcher recognized the voice of the person calling as someone whom the sheriff’s department has dealt with in numerous domestic violence situations involving the caller.The suspect was identified as 26-year-old Jordion Bell of Neelyville.According to the sheriff, Bell was holding a knife to the throat of the reporting party.

The Town of Lockport will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday to review a proposed amendment to regulations and restrictions that allow detached garages. According to Town Attorney Thomas Seaman, the amendment seeks to clarify the types of accessory structures that are permitted in residential areas of the town.

The Erie County Sheriff’s Office’s plans for a new $428 million jail campus is on hold for now after county legislators removed the design study for the facility from the 2026 county budget.

There’s been a major update to a retrial that was about to begin Tuesday for a controversial case in Tonawanda. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office says they filed a motion to dismiss the case against James Pugh. Pugh and Brian Scott Lorenz were convicted in the death of Deborah Meindl in 1993.

Code Blue will be in effect through 8 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 3) in the city of Lockport due to forecasted overnight below-freezing temperatures. Any homeless person or individual without home heating may go directly to the Salvation Army, 50 Cottage St., between 8 and 10 p.m. for shelter. After 10 p.m., anyone needing shelter should go to the walk-up window at Lockport Police Department, Niagara Street entrance, for assistance.

The family of long-time Niagara Region businessman Jerome Williams has filed paperwork necessary to sue the city of Niagara Falls over a boat crash that took his life

A notice of a psychiatric defense is expected to be filed after a man allegedly killed his girlfriend and their infant son and then set their house on fire. Kidane Haile, 30, is accused of murdering the two individuals in their Buffalo home in the Elmwood Village on Norwood Avenue.

The public hearing on a proposed $23.9 million Royalton Hartland school facilities improvement project will be held at 6 p.m. today.

The Erie County Legislature approved amendments to the 2026 budget proposals on Monday during a special session. Perhaps the biggest change to the budget, plans to bond $20M for the study needed to design and build a new Sheriff’s Office jail in Alden.

More than 100 people attended the December 1 presentation on the findings of a feasibility study for centralized dispatch in Atlantic County. The study and a cost impact analysis prepared by ADCOMM Engineering LLC are now available on the county website for public review and comment at: Atlantic County 9-1-1 & Centralized Dispatch | Atlantic County. Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson encouraged all fire, police, EMS and elected municipal officials to thoroughly review the studies and join in discussions. The feasibility study provided three models as examples of how the county could proceed if they choose to do so.

The northbound side of Shore Road between Goll and New Jersey avenues in Somers Point will be closed through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to work being conducted by the city, Atlantic County officials said. The southbound lane will remain open.In Northfield, Zion Road between Shore Road and Wabash Avenue will be closed through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., the county said Monday in a news release.

A man in Absecon was found dead Sunday night along the shoulder of Shore Road. Officers responded to Shore near Iowa Avenue at 6 p.m. and found the man deceased with visible signs of trauma, police said Monday in a Facebook post. Police and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating.Anyone with information can call police at 609-641-0667, ext. 214.