ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Nicole Calvin has been visiting the University of Michigan campus annually over the past 16 years to catch a peek — and a whiff — of the school’s sizable peony collection. She even came twice this year. “I just love walking through the gardens,” Calvin ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Five of the 18 American cruise ship passengers who have been staying at a national quarantine facility in Nebraska after being exposed to hantavirus are going home, U.S. health officials said Monday. The five people will complete their monitoring at home after remaining symptom-free and meeting criteria for monitoring outside the quarantine unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. They are leaving Omaha about three weeks after they and the 13 other Americans arrived in Nebraska following a deadly outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship traveling in the ...
ESCANABA — Reading the entire Bible is a goal many start but not all finish. Christopher Hintsala decided to teach the entire Bible one chapter at a time on video for anyone in the world who wants to learn. Hintsala, an Escanaba native and published author, has launched Bible Chapter by ...
MENOMINEE — West Shore Fishing Museum is open for the summer on Saturdays and Sundays through September 6. The first event is the annual perennial plant sale on June 6 and 7 from 1:00 to 4:00, Central Time. Available will be: Siberian Iris, many cultivars of daylilies, Canna and Calla lilies, Rose Campion, Coral Bells, and a great variety of other local perennials. Visit this unique indoor/outdoor homestead museum that focuses on the commercial fishing history of the West Shore of Green Bay. Admission is free; donations are welcome. The hours are from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Central ...
FORD RIVER — The Ford River Lions Club recently welcomed two new members to its growing family tradition of service and community involvement. Scott Pendergraft, Sr. proudly presented a Lions Club membership certificate to his daughter, Brooklyn Pendergraft, during a recent club gathering. ...
m ESCANABA -- Students at Lemmer Elementary School are earning tokens for literature. The school, which has a present enrollment of 277 first- and second-graders, recently obtained a book vending machine, purchased with funds raised by the Parent Teacher Organization. The idea had been ...
