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Outdoors report: NRC acts on deer season regulations

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has offered a summary of changes ahead for the 2026 deer seasons as approved this week by the Natural Resources Commission. The department presented its recommendations to the commission in April. Under Michigan law, the NRC ...

Warblers on the move

Spring bird migration appears to be peaking, with a major movement of warblers and other songbirds taking advantage of the ideal wind flow north. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Bird Cast Migration Dashboard for Wisconsin, https://dashboard.birdcast.org/region/US-WI, at peak migration ...

Lions to play eight nationally-televised games

ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions 2026 regular season schedule includes eight nationally-televised games and a home game in Munich, Germany, marking Detroit's first international game since 2015. The Lions begin their sixth season under Head Coach Dan Campbell with a Week 1 home game against ...

Niagara softball takes two from Lena-STAA

Niagara came away with two wins in a high-scoring softball doubleheader Thursday at Lena-St. Thomas Aquinas Academy. The Badgers won the opener 11-6 and rallied for a 22-15 win in the second game after Lena-STAA put up 12 runs in the first inning. "We showed patience at the plate and the team never gave up," said Niagara coach Emily Payette. Zowie Loukus cracked a double and single and drove in two runs for the Badgers in the opener. Paige Guardiola laced a triple with three RBIs. Shelby Zittlow doubled and Elesia Sweig, India Varda and Jaelyn Kleikamp added singles. Sweig ...

Esky interrupts Flivvers' win streak

KINGSFORD – Kingsford’s push for a 10th straight win came to a halt against conference frontrunner Escanaba on Thursday afternoon at Gary Spigarelli Memorial Field. A sixth-inning defensive meltdown led to seven Eskymo runs and sent the Flivvers to their first loss since April 24 in a ...

Torkelson's 2-out single in ninth lifts Tigers to victory

DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson drove in the winning run with an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak by edging the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Friday night. Matt Vierling reached on a bloop single with one out and stole second after Gage Workman struck out. Jeff Hoffman (2-3) intentionally walked left-handed hitting Zach McKinstry to face the righty Torkelson, who spoiled that strategy with his opposite-field hit. Riley Greene had an RBI double to extend his hitting streak to 10 games, the longest active run in ...