UPPER PENINSULA — A new community program aiming to assist the public in navigating the legal system is coming to Alger, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft Counties. The Luce County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday the 11th Circuit Court — which serves all four counties — will be ...
1881 — The first U.S. men’s single tennis championships begin at the Newport Casino, in Newport, Rhode Island. 1895 — The first professional football game is played at Latrobe, Pa., between Latrobe and Jeannette, Pa. Latrobe pays $10 to quarterback John Brallier for expenses. 1934 — The Chicago Bears and the College All-Stars played to a 0-0 tie before 79,432 in the first game of this series. 1950 — Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges ties a major league record by hitting Boston Brave pitching for four homers in the Dodgers’ 19-3 rout. Hodges also added a single for 17 total ...
Sixteen years ago, Dan Bender purchased a building on Ludington Street and transitioned from one type of machine repair to another. Now called Quality Sew & Vac, the premises at 1017 Ludington St. have provided service and retail sales of both vacuum cleaners and sewing machines since least ...
Two teens were killed and two people seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash Saturday night in the town of Lake in Marinette County, according to Sheriff Randy Miller. A vehicle operated by Landen J. Englund, 16, of Menominee, was southbound on County G near Loomis Road when he failed to negotiate a curve and went into the ditch, hitting a tree, the sheriff stated in a news release. Englund had fatal injuries, as did 17-year-old Princeton J. Welty of Crivitz, who was a front-seat passenger. Transported for medical treatment with serious injuries were two other passengers, including ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after daybreak aboard a triple-the-fire-power Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center. Roman blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away that's home to the Webb Space Telescope, one of NASA's other big-ticket eyes in the sky. The bus-sized telescope — named after the late Nancy Grace Roman, ...
RAPID RIVER -- A two-vehicle collision in Rapid River on Thursday morning resulted in minor injuries and the arrest of the at-fault driver, who appeared to be under the influence. At approximately 7:50 a.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gladstone Post were dispatched to a ...
