Sports

Florence earns top NLC baseball honors

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 shared the conference title with Laona-Wabeno and Crandon. Koski was joined by two Florence teammates on the All-Conference first team — juniors Bradly Steber and Carter Reed. Florence sophomore Kade Larson was named to the All-NLC second team, along with Goodman-Pembine sophomore Matt Kaiser. Koski and Steber were unanimous first-team picks, ...

North Dickinson awards

Tiny new scope credited for faster surgery recoveries

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 Tarik Skubal and Blake Snell let doctors use the ...

A week of reptile encounters at Six Mile Lake

I got home early enough from my job last Friday night that my mom was still awake. She had a story for me about her day but didn’t take photos because she was worried “I’d put it in the paper.” Good guess, because hell yeah I’d put this in the paper — my 86-year-old mom handled ...

Outdoors report: About 1,250 turkeys taken during UP spring season

IRON MOUNTAIN — Menominee County led the way in Upper Peninsula spring turkey harvests, according to data from Michigan's Turkey Harvest Report Summary. In the first year of mandatory reporting, the Department of Natural Resources reports 289 toms taken in Menominee County during the ...

Guardians defeat Tigers 3-2

CLEVELAND (AP) — Tanner Bibee had eight strikeouts to win his second straight start as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Friday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Bibee — who went 0-7 in his first 13 starts this season — allowed only two hits in ...