PICKFORD — The Manistique girls’ track and field team wasn’t at full strength, but still managed some solid individual performances in the Web Morrison Invitational here Saturday. Pickford won both ends of its invitational. Team scores, however, weren’t available. Emeralds’ senior ...
LANSING — For generations, the Great Lakes have been viewed as a symbol of abundance and food security. However, rising levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination are prompting scientists to question whether these waters can safely sustain surrounding communities. ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country. Some U.S. doctors are worried about the potential for a bad year for tick-borne diseases. “If you have a lot of exposures, there will probably be more ...
ESCANABA — Momentum played a major role in the second game of a softball doubleheader here Thursday as the Escanaba Eskymos rode that to a 10-5 triumph over the Negaunee Miners The Miners hung on for a 3-2 victory in the opener. Negaunee led 4-2 in the fifth inning of the nightcap before ...
ESCANABA — The Escanaba boys tennis team returned to their home courts Thursday afternoon as they defeated Westwood 6-2. Escanaba junior Brett Swanson had a good day at No. 2 doubles as he defeated Westwoods’s Evan Hebert 6-0, 6-0. “It was a little windy today but it was good ...
1945 — Albert B. “Happy” Chandler, junior Senator from Kentucky, is elected baseball commissioner by a unanimous vote of the major league club owners. Chandler is elected to a seven-year term and succeeds Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who died in November 1944. 1962 — LA Dodgers pitcher ...