March 29, 1961 — Spalding Benson’s Service advanced in the 28th Annual Gold Medal Basketball tournament at Hermansville, defeating Escanaba Y Tavern in a Class B contest. Maurie Poupore led Benson’s with 26 points. Roger Murray hit 14 and Jerry Wells scored 10. Jim Hamelin paced Y Tavern ...
MARQUETTE — Four area athletes landed berths on the All-Upper Peninsula boys’ basketball team in balloting at the 76th Annual meeting of the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association here Monday. Gladstone junior guard Lonnie Davey earned first-team honors in Division 1-3 and ...
The Upper Wisconsin River Legacy Forest was established in 2015 with 1,042 acres of forestland southeast of Land O’Lakes along the Wisconsin River. It’s privately owned with a conservation easement through the state of Wisconsin. Now, 191 acres along Highway 45 and County Road E is being ...
“But my words like silent raindrops fell, within the wells of silence,” – Paul Simon As the shadows fell and the world turned, I watched the stars – in their intriguing constellations – move across the cold skies of a late winter’s March night. I made my observations over a period ...
(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan United Conservation Clubs is pausing its youth camp and magazines while dealing with financial issues. “It’s tight right now,” ...
In response to the March 2026 storm that affected much of northern Michigan during the week of March 15, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources encourages residents looking to clear their property of storm-related debris to work with local emergency operations centers for information ...