DEAR ABBY: I dearly love my youngest daughter. She’s the only one of my four daughters who has never married. For several months, she has been living with a man who is divorced and the father of two sons. He’s a caring father. The problem is his status as a […]
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Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 2,500
ADANA, Turkey (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,500 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble. Authorities feared the death toll would keep climbing as […]
Mackinaw City Welcome Center reopens after window replacement, bathroom upgrades project
GAYLORD, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Mackinaw City Welcome Center reopened today, nearly a week ahead of schedule, after an extensive remodeling project that upgraded the facility’s restrooms and windows. The $409,000 project included replacement of all windows with energy-efficient units, all restroom floor and wall tiles, […]
Laker Men’s Basketball Fall to GLIAC-Leading Rangers Despite Late Comeback
KENOSHA, Wis. – The Lake Superior State University men’s basketball team (9-12, 8-5 GLIAC) narrowly fell on the road to the Rangers of Wisconsin-Parkside (17-6, 10-3 GLIAC) by a final score of 82-79 on Saturday. C.J. Robinson opened up the scoring with a three as the Lakers pulled ahead for […]
Laker Women’s Basketball Fall to Wisconsin-Parkside
KENOSHA, Wis. – The Lake Superior State University women’s basketball program (5-16, 2-11 GLIAC) fell on the road to the Rangers of Wisconsin-Parkside (15-8, 10-3 GLIAC) by a final score of 109-68 on Saturday. Mattison Rayman got the Lakers on the board first. The Rangers were able to pull ahead, […]
Dear Abby – Older Sister Can’t Keep Politics Out Of Friendly Visits
Older Sister Can’t Keep Politics Out Of Friendly Visits DEAR ABBY: My older sister visits me every week to play cards and chat. While I love her dearly and enjoy her visits, sometimes I do not appreciate one topic she brings up. We are on different ends of the political […]
Tommie Bauer Racing wins I-500 in closest margin of victory in history: .0001 seconds
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI– After the grueling nine hours spinning around the oval track, there is a new king of snowmobile racing in North America. In the closest finish in the 54-year history of the I-500, Joey Burch led the #19 sled from Tommie Bauer Racing to a .0001-second victory […]
Eagles rally past Red Wings
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Roaring back from an early deficit, the Soo Eagles got the night’s final four goals, including three in the third period, to pull out a 5-4 come from behind victory over the Elliot Lake Red Wings Friday night in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League meeting […]
Man dies in Officer Involved Shooting near Houghton Lake
CRAWFORD COUNTY — A Tawas man died on Friday after Michigan State Police troopers responded to a report of a vehicle in a ditch. At about 9 p.m., a trooper and a cadet from MSP Post Houghton Lake responded to the call on northbound I-75 north of the West Federal […]
Judge goes off on Kwame Kilpatrick: You haven’t changed
If former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was looking for mercy from U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds, he not only didn’t get it; he got chastised. In a blistering court opinion, Edmunds on Thursday denied Kilpatrick’s request to end his supervised release early so he could travel more freely as a […]