(Note: This is part of a regular series of profiles on historical buildings and sites in the region. The first round is focusing on churches.) ESCANABA – What started as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Escanaba, with 35 Swedish members, has developed into Bethany Lutheran ...

HARRIS — The third-annual Taste of the Island Holiday Cooking Show, which took place Thursday at the Island Resort & Casino's convention center, went smoothly and successfully, organizers said. It featured two recipes chosen from public submissions, in addition to one Island ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Three people were injured — two critically — in a fire Sunday morning at 411 Fourth St. in Iron Mountain. A structure fire with possible entrapment was reported at 7:38 a.m., with two occupants able to get out of the structure before the Iron Mountain Fire Department ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — The Republican-controlled state House budget committee has canceled nearly $645 million in funding for state departments’ projects ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors played audio recordings Monday as they tried to show jurors that a Wisconsin judge knew what was at stake earlier this year when she directed an immigrant to a private door while federal agents were in the courthouse to arrest the man. "I'll get the heat," ...

ESCANABA — More details have emerged on future plans for the national fleet after the U.S. Navy announced it was canceling a major project at the shipyard in Marinette, Wis. A panel took place Dec. 6 during the Reagan National Defense Forum to discuss modernization of the military, ...