Trouble during the annual Chicago to Mackinac Island race across Lake Michigan as a 48-foot yacht called the WhoDo, took on water and sank Sunday afternoon. After discovering a break in a rudder shaft, crew members needed to board a life raft to safety. Nineteen boats have been forced to …

A Calumet woman is dead after allegedly being shot by a family member in Laurium Saturday. 32-year-old Christian Paul Kitti was arraigned in 97th District Court on charges of Homicide—Open Murder, punishable by Life in prison, and a felony firearms charge. The charges are in relation to the death of …

A Calumet woman is facing possible OWI charges after a crash early Sunday morning. Around 12:15am, troopers from the Calumet Post responded to a one-car personal injury accident. Police say a 56-year-old woman was driving southbound on US-41 near Haus Street in Kearsarge when her vehicle went off the roadway …

Motorists on M-64 later this week may encounter a bridge project in Ontonagon County. Wednesday through Friday, contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation will be performing warranty paint work on the bridge over the Potato River, about 4 miles west of Ontonagon. This work will require lane closures under …

Parents are the best chance kids have to avoid underage drinking. A program by Dial Help, taking place Tuesday, will help parents breach the subject of alcohol with their children. The event is called “Talk—They Hear You”. Here’s Dial Help Prevention Coordinator Kevin Weir. Studies show that ten percent of …

A federal judge puts a hold on Michigan’s ban on straight-party ticket voting. U.S. District Court Judge Gershwin Drain said in his ruling that the state’s law banning straight party ticket voting places a “disproportionate burden” on the rights of blacks to vote in the fall election. Mark Brewer is …

It’s been 60 years since one of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history, the crash of the Andrea Doria off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. A Metro Detroit woman, Pierette Simpson, of Novi, was nine years old traveling from Italy with her grandparents, when their ship was hit by …

Lots of people are playing reality video games like Pokemon GO, but be careful so you don’t end up in the hospital. Here’s Health Reporter Dr. Deanna Lites.

A group of Michigan Democrats will be in Philadelphia today as the Democratic National Convention kicks off. U.S. Senator Gary Peters is expected to speak at the convention Wednesday afternoon. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and former Governor Jennifer Granholm are also expected to be on stage. Michigan has 148 democratic delegates …

With college starting in just over a month for thousands of Michigan students, the state Medical Society and Health Department is urging young people to make sure they are immunized against meningitis B. The push for the vaccinations comes just a week after Central Michigan University senior Kristy Malter died …