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Braves open play in Mauston Wis.

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MAUSTON — The Gladstone Braves made their debut in Mauston, Wis. this past weekend playing three games and winning one. In their first game the Braves were defeated 21-0 by the Kewanee Storm who racked up 15 hits in the contest and committed zero errors. Brett Paulsen was 5 for 5 at the ...

Stay away from flooded areas, rushing rivers and streams

Outdoors

As a record volume of water driven by snowmelt and spring rain runs through the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex, water is also high in many other areas of Michigan's northeastern Lower Peninsula, and that means putting safety first. Resist the urge to fish, explore or put a watercraft in ...

Signs of spring

Outdoors

“Come on Pearl, come on Kitty, if you feel inclined, down around the bend in the water, bring your fishin' line,” – Gordon Lightfoot In the evenings now, if I travel along the county road, the deer are gathering in any place where there’s bare ground. The surrounding landscape remains ...

Nature awaits

Outdoors

“When I looked outside my window before, it just looked lame,” said Leo, a fourth grader from Lake Orion. “I look closer now after this field trip. It was the coolest thing I have ever experienced in my nine years I’ve been alive.” Sometimes, as Leo found on his field trip to Bald ...

Prep Schedule April 9

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Today’s games Baseball Powers North Central at Stephenson (DH), 4 p.m. Bark River-Harris at Menominee (DH), 4:30 p.m. Softball Bark River-Harris at Menominee (DH), 4:30 p.m. Friday’s games Softball Escanaba at Mauston, Wis. tournament, TBA Bay College at Alpena C.C. (DH), ...