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Greens vie today to defend Legion crown

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The Kingsford Greens American Legion baseball team is battling through the loser’s bracket at the Michigan Class A state tournament in Adrian. The Greens, who are the defending state champions, dropped their Thursday opener 5-2 to North Branch. Two wins on Friday advanced the Greens to an elimination game at 10 a.m. Eastern time today. A victory in that game would put the Greens into the championship round at 1:30 p.m. today, with a win also needed at 1:30 p.m. Sunday to claim the state title. The Greens’ games will be broadcast live on WZNL-FM (94.3 The Breeze). On Friday, ...

Packers report operating loss, though net income rises

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Green Bay Packers president/CEO Ed Policy says adjustments may be necessary as the NFL's only publicly owned franchise attempts to remain financially competitive in the long term. "It's like other teams have access to this ATM machine that we just don't have right now," Policy said Friday ...

Rockies defeat Brewers 5-2

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tomoyuki Sugano picked up his 10th win and Kyle Karros and TJ Rumfield each had two hits as the Colorado Rockies capitalized on a fast start to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Friday. Sugano (10-4) struck out five over 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on a pair of ...

Michigan DNR schedules August land auctions

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LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is preparing 97 properties for sale via online auctions next month. River frontage, lake frontage and forested acreage surrounded by private ownership — these characteristics describe some of the parcels that will be available ...

Kingsford wins opener in state Majors tourney

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Kingsford won its opening game Friday in the Michigan Little League Majors (ages 10-12) baseball tournament in Tecumseh, defeating Mattawan 3-2. The tournament includes four four-team pools with the top two teams from each pool advancing to an eight-team single-elimination tournament beginning Monday. Kingsford is scheduled to play West Branch at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time today and South Portage at 1 p.m. Sunday to wrap up pool play. West Branch defeated South Portage 3-1 on Friday.

Wildlife group works to restore Lake Antoine pier

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IRON MOUNTAIN — The public fishing pier at Lake Antoine — built and maintained by Wildlife Unlimited of Dickinson County — is out of service this year due to extensive ice damage. The pier at Jim and Ida Goulette Park has been in place for more than 35 years and has become a valued ...