ESCANABA — It was a good birthday for Brayden Lundquist at the Escanaba Motor Speedway Saturday Night as he picked up a pair of feature wins in the 600 sprints and in the street stocks. In the 600 sprints, Lundquist started on the pole and never trailed in the race. Lundquist also picked ...
We’re well into spring, which means baby wildlife season is here. If you come across baby wildlife like fawns, bunnies or birds, the best thing you can do is leave them where they are. Animals like rabbits and fawns are often left alone for hours while their mothers look for food. This is ...
The Michigan Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and Natural Resources are reminding residents and visitors that invasive pests and diseases can hitchhike in untreated firewood, spreading easily from one location to another. Many of these harmful pests, including hemlock woolly ...
HOUGHTON — Bark River-Harris girls ended their season on the highest of notes last Wednesday after posting a score of 416 enough to take the U.P. Title in Division 3 as they were 12 points better than Cedarville who ended with 428, Hancock came in third with 442, Ironwood was fourth with 449 and Newberry was fifth with 459. Bark River-Harris sophomore Makayla Hyslop posted a tournament best score of 9. Hyslop had her troubles on the front nine bur resp[onded well on the back nine as she parred four of the nine holes. The second best effort of the day was Hancock junior Kaelyn ...
1925 — Lou Gehrig bats for Pee Wee Wanninger in the eighth inning and replaces Wally Pipp at first base to start his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. 1946 — Assault, ridden by Warren Merhtens, wins the Belmont Stakes to become the seventh horse to capture the Triple Crown. 1968 — Stage Door Johnny, ridden by Heliodoro Gustines, wins the Belmont Stakes in a record time of 2:27 1-5 and spoils the Triple Crown bid of Forward Pass, who finishes 1 1/4 lengths behind. 1975 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels pitches his fourth no-hitter to tie Sandy Koufax’s record, beating ...
ESCANABA — A pair of nail-biting performances helped the Escanaba Eskymos to a district championship as they defeated Negaunee 3-2 and rallied from behind in the seventh inning to defeat Kingsford 5-4 in the championship game. Escanaba senior Graham Johnson started the seventh inning ...
