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Today in Sports Sept. 17

1897 — England’s Joe Lloyd beats Scotland’s Willie Anderson by one stroke to win the U.S. Open in Wheaton, Ill. 1917 — Honus Wagner, retires at 43, Pirates retire his #33. 1920 — The forerunner of the NFL, the American Professional Football Association, is founded in an automobile showroom in Canton, Ohio. Twelve teams pay a $100 fee to obtain a franchise. 1938 — Don Budge completes the Grand Slam with a four-set victory over Gene Mako in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships. 1947 — Jackie Robinson named Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News. 1953 — Ernie ...

Community Fundraiser Launched for Proposed Gladstone Bike Park

GLADSTONE — Delta County Nonmotorized Trails (DCNT) has launched a community fundraising campaign to support the development of a new bike park at the John and Melissa Besse Sports Park in Gladstone. The proposed Gladstone Community Bike Park would create a safe, accessible outdoor ...

Kamala Harris is to campaign in Michigan with Abdul El-Sayed

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to campaign with Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan next week in the party's latest push to unify voters in a key battleground state that will help determine control of the Senate. Harris and El-Sayed have ...

IT'S OPEN

ESCANABA -- With the multi-part, two-year construction project to replace sewers, lead lines and water mains on Ludington Street finally complete, the full length of the town's main drag is now reopened to traffic. The City of Escanaba, the Downtown Development Authority, the Delta County ...

Gladstone suits dropped

GLADSTONE — The Delta County Circuit Court has dismissed all five cases filed by Michael O’Connor against the City of Gladstone. The five cases generally alleged violations of the Gladstone City Charter. The city filed a motion for summary disposition arguing that O’Connor lacked legal standing to bring the claims. Following review of the parties’ briefs and exhibits and oral argument held Sept. 2, the court granted the city’s motion and ordered all five cases dismissed. In its decision, the court explained that standing requires a litigant to have a special injury, right, ...