HANCOCK — High-ranking officials from three countries will be in Hancock to take part in the Juhannus midsummer celebration, which will almost certainly be a first in Upper Michigan history, said David Maki, director of the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock. Finland Ambassador ...
Michigan State has lost its president and athletic director weeks apart and now faces a leadership crisis. President Kevin M. Guskiewicz announced he’d be leaving for Clemson at the end of May, and athletic director J Batt was hired away by Kentucky on Monday. Michigan State basketball ...
KINGSFORD — The 78th-annual meeting and board elections for Dickinson Conservation District will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at Kingsford High School, 431 Hamilton Ave., Kingsford. The event will include updates from Dickinson Conservation District, and conservation partner updates. A Native Plant Symposium will follow from 1 to 4 p.m., with a charge of $20 per person. Board elections will be during this meeting, with Angela Koprowski running unopposed for an open board seat. Absentee ballots for the election are currently available at the Dickinson Conservation ...
A Wisconsin beagle breeding and research facility that’s been the site of recent violent protests is closing, and its remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group. Big Dog Ranch Rescue announced Monday that it has reached an agreement for the permanent closure of Ridglan ...
(Editor’s note: At the beginning of the 20th century, America began a period of industrial growth — fueled by the nation’s vast stores of natural resources — that led to victory in two world wars and the nation emerging as a true superpower. One of the cities at the epicenter of that ...
FELCH TOWNSHIP — Visitors to the Felch Township Community Center and post office will notice a new look outside, thanks to landscaping that aims to highlight the area’s history of logging, mining and potato farming. Brian Penna completed the project Saturday, planting three trees ...
