Real horsepower

By: Terri Castelaz

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP — When the chains clink and the team of draft horses leans into the harness, generations of history come alive. That’s the spirit behind the second-annual Moni Wender Horse Pull that returns next week preserves both ...

June 13, 2026

Daily News seeks entries for its Ugly Chair Contest

By: By Daily News staff

Have a recliner that’s been repaired with duct tape three times? An easy chair with springs poking through the cushions? The favorite seat Dad refuses to give up, even though it may have seen better decades? It could be a contender in The ...

June 13, 2026

Michigan House speaker threatens budget stall

By: Simon D. Schuster

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — GOP House Speaker Matt Hall is threatening to hold up Michigan’s state budget ...

June 13, 2026

North Dickinson awards

June 13, 2026

Florence earns top NLC baseball honors

By: Daily News staff

Florence High School junior Mason Koski was named co-Player of the Year in Northern Lakes Conference baseball, sharing the honor with Laona-Wabeno junior Cooper Albrecht. Florence's Kris Johnson was named Coach of the Year as the Bobcats ...

June 13, 2026

Tiny new scope credited for faster surgery recoveries

By: JAY COHEN

CHICAGO (AP) — Several top pro athletes and their surgeons say a modern version of an old tool is shaving weeks off the recovery time for certain injuries. And some top doctors think this is only the beginning. Cy Young Award winners ...

June 13, 2026