CHICAGO (AP) — Don Herrian was among the crowds of travelers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Sunday hoping to make it back home after Thanksgiving as hundreds of flights were delayed and canceled following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region. "It is what it is," Herrian ...

ESCANABA — The Bay de Noc Choral Society has been rehearsing over the past few months for its annual Christmas concert, set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, in Bethany Lutheran Church, 202 S. 11th St. in Escanaba. The first half of the performance will be five settings of “O Magnum ...

SOO HILL — Tonight will mark the 10th year that Carter McDonough, now age 16 and a junior at Escanaba High School, is hosting a tree lighting in his family’s front yard. It’s a community event that has brought hundreds of attendees and serves as a fundraiser for Shop with a Cop, an event ...

LANSING – Education opportunities have expanded in Michigan’s 26 prisons. “Michigan leads the nation in the number of postsecondary education programs that we offer in prison,” said Heidi Washington, the director of the Department of Corrections. In addition to helping prisoners ...

ONTONAGON COUNTY – Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a backyard flock in Ontonagon County, according to a news release from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The report followed an investigation by MDARD and the Michigan State University ...

NEGAUNEE — The Michigan State Police has announced that 1st Lt. Jeremy Hauswirth has been appointed the new commander of the MSP Negaunee Post. Hauswirth shifts into this role after having served as the post commander at the Iron Mountain Post since November 2020. According to the MSP news ...