ESCANABA — As we pass the midway point of the 2026 racing season at Escanaba Motor Speedway it's time for this week's Meet the Driver. This week we introduce you to 600 sprint driver Caden Tolliver. Adam Hinch: So Caden, when did you start racing? Caden Tolliver: I started racing carts ...
Ashes (Fraxinus spp.) have never been a large part of the Michigan forest landscape. At most, about three percent of the volume was occupied by a combination of white, black, and green ash. Yet, black ash (F. nigra) was sometimes the only tree species that could grow in wetlands. The elms used to be co-inhabitants, but we all know what happened to the elms. With the loss of the ashes, many forested wetland habitats will become open wetlands. Green ash (F. pennsylvanica) cultivars were very common street trees, resistant to most maladies, but over-planting ash in municipalities ...
MANISTIQUE — They say records are made to be broken. Not only did Uriah Aili of Manistique beat his own course record here Saturday morning. He shattered it by 41 seconds in the Emerald Chase five-kilometer run. The Bessemer High School graduate covered the 3.1-mile course in 15 minutes, 10.3 seconds on this sunny and very warm day. David Partyka of Manistique was a distant runner-up at 18:44.7, followed by Ben Goldsworthy of Fishers, Ind. (18:58.1). Aili, who coaches track at IUE University in Richmond, Ind., is trying to get ready for the 2028 World Olympics in Los Angeles ...
This past winter, with its heavy snowfall, marks the third severe winter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the past five years and could significantly impact the peninsula’s white-tailed deer population. Wildlife biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources conducted field necropsies of vehicle-killed deer in late winter and spring and documented widespread signs of starvation. A white-tailed deer in winter in the Upper Peninsula. Biologists look inside leg bones of deer to examine bone marrow fat as an indicator of nutritional status. Deer that are exhibiting a ...
ESCANABA — A pair of drivers claimed their first career feature wins at Escanaba Motor Speedway here Saturday night during the 7th Annual Christian Groleau Memorial Race. The first was in the 600 sprints as Jace Murray rebounded from a tough heat race to pick up the win in feature ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain 13-14 All-Stars punched their ticket to the state tournament with a 13-4 win over Gladstone here Friday. Gladstone got on the board first as Jaxdon Quigley drove in two runs in the top of the first inning. Iron Mountain responded in the bottom of the ...
