FORD RIVER — As multiple law enforcement officials handle a situation at an address between the Breezy Point and Ford River Pub, the highway is being barricaded to through traffic in that area, roughly between 11th Road and K Road. As of 7:12 p.m., MDOT was recommending closing off the ...
HYDE — After a local couple sustained serious injuries when a vehicle crashed into them in a front yard on Friday night, they are recovering while the offending driver has been charged with multiple crimes. Shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, a vehicle left the roadway from U.S. 2 and 41, ...
Community Foundation for Delta County Board of Trustee Members, Mr. Nick Chenier and Mr. Brian Pahnke present a check from the Dr. Mary L. Cretens Endowment Fund as part of her annual distribution to Gladstone Senior Citizens Nonprofit Corporation President, Ms. Carol Lauscher and Treasurer, ...
1939 — Kansas State’s homecoming contest against Nebraska is the second college football game ever televised, following the Fordham-Waynesburg contest in New York earlier this fall. The Cornhuskers spoil homecoming with a 25-9 triumph in Manhattan, Kan., before a limited Nebraska ETV audience in the surrounding area. 1950 — Nevada punter Pat Brady boots an NCAA record 99-yard punt in a 34-7 loss to Loyola Marymount. 1962 — New York Giants quarterback Y.A. Title passes for 505 yards and seven touchdowns, and Del Schofner catches 11 passes for 269 yards and a touchdown in a 49-34 ...
SKANDIA -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service applied lampricide to the Chocolay River this week, as part of a larger, decades-long effort to control the population of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes. Sea lamprey are native to the Atlantic Ocean, but spread to the Great Lakes in the late 19th and early 20th century thanks to the development of the Great Lakes shipping industry and the bypassing of Niagara Falls. According to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, sea lampreys were first spotted in Lake Erie in 1921 and had arrived in Lake Superior by 1938. Sea lamprey have a ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A dinosaur that looks like a miniature T. rex is now one of the world's most expensive fossils. The rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus — recently confirmed to be a distant cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, not just a young specimen — sold for $47.3 million to a mystery buyer at auction in New York City on Tuesday, according to Sotheby's. The auction house had expected it to fetch anywhere from $6 to $9 million. The blockbuster price tag for "Jodi," as the skeleton is nicknamed, makes it the second-priciest set of dinosaur bones ever sold. This summer, a T. rex fossil ...
