Beware the Ides of March if you happen to be a Rotary car on Smith’s Bay.

The Rotary's annual car drop watch came to a close as of Thursday, March 13.

PHOTO STORY BY DAVE PETRICK

The Spring Run Wildlife Management Area Shooting Range will close for construction over the summer, but hunters and other firearms owners should have much better surroundings once the range reopens in the fall.

Friends, family and colleagues planned to take a moment Thursday, March 20, to remember a longtime gill-netter, firefighter and board member in Spirit Lake.