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US captures Venezuela’s leader, plans to prosecute him

International News

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in an extraordinary military operation early Saturday that plucked a sitting leader from office. President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. government would run the country ...

Kite show back at IM’s Lake Antoine Jan. 10

Local News

IRON MOUNTAIN — Winter skies over Lake Antoine in Iron Mountain will come alive with color and motion Saturday, Jan. 10, for Kites Over Awesome Lake Antoine, or KOALA. Lake Antoine Park Partners will host its fifth-annual event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the park. The four-hour community ...

Fatal snowmobile crash in Mackinac County

Local News

ST. IGNACE — A 61-year-old man from downstate Michigan died today in a snowmobile crash in Mackinac County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police St. Ignace Post were called just before 1 p.m. today to Bay City Lake Road near Trail 47 in Clark Township, according to an MSP news release. A ...

Study looks at bears and birdshot as complaints rise

Local News

Bear complaints in Wisconsin have been on the rise in recent years, and a new study seeks to pinpoint whether there is widespread use of birdshot to deter problem bears. Birdshot refers to shotgun shells that are filled with tiny pellets generally used for hunting birds. This fall, ...

Applications, outings, free fishing on calendar

Local News

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s spring turkey hunt application period is open through Feb. 1. Applications are $5 and are available online, at a license agent, or in the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish app. The number of units has been reduced from 14 to 3. The units are M (Upper Peninsula), NN ...

Quake with 6.5 magnitude rattles Mexico, killing two

International News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum 's first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded and leaving at least two people dead. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was ...