Great Lakes Invitational Michigan Tech and the University of Michigan will play for the title in the 55th Great Lakes Invitational hockey tournament in Detroit this afternoon. The Huskies advanced with a 4-2 victory over 18th-ranked Michigan State yesterday. The Huskies scored three times in the third period to earn …
Read More »Egg Product Recall Reaches Michigan
Michigan is now included in a nationwide recall of hard-boiled eggs and products made from them. Almark Foods has shut down production at its facility in Gainesville, Georgia, because of possible listeria contamination. The recall affects products carrying Walmart’s Great Value house brand name, along with the Almark and Eggland’s …
Read More »Gas Prices Edge Higher
Gasoline prices edged higher in the central Upper Peninsula, as the year-end holiday travel window passed its midpoint. AAA Michigan reports that the Marquette metro average has risen to $2.52 for a gallon of unleaded regular. That’s three cents higher than a week ago, three cents lower than a month …
Read More »One Dies in Sagola House Fire
One person is dead following a house fire in Sagola Township. Firefighters were called to the home on highway M-95 between Channing and Sagola just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon. They and state police troopers discovered the body inside the building after the blaze was extinguished. Another person escaped from the …
Read More »State Representative Arrested for DUI
A state representative is apologizing after she was arrested for drunk driving late last week. 48-year-old Democrat Rebekah Warren of Ann Arbor was pulled over just before midnight Thursday by police in Auburn Hills, in Oakland County. Officers say she was weaving through traffic, and sideswiped a guard rail. She …
Read More »Detroit Freeway Ooze Reveals Environmental Mess
A creepy green ooze that began to spread across a Detroit-area freeway more than a week ago has led to a full-scale battle to secure a deteriorating building that once housed a plating company. The green slime shut down a lane of I-696 in Madison Heights on December 20th. Testing …
Read More »Finlandia Women’s Hoops Falls to UW-Superior – Monday Sports Wrap
Great Lakes Invitational The 55th Great Lakes Invitational hockey tournament opens today in Detroit. Michigan Tech will meet Michigan State at 1:00 in the first semifinal, and the University of Michigan will face Ferris State at 4:00. The consolation and championship games will be played tomorrow afternoon. Finlandia University A …
Read More »Calumet Claims MacInnes Crown
High School Calumet spotted Houghton a 2-0 first period lead, then scored three unanswered goals to win the championship game of the annual MacInnes Holiday Classic hockey tournament 3-2 Saturday afternoon. The Gremlins’ early tallies came from Brandon Trudeau and Dane Johnson. Scott Loukus and Tanner Rowe tied the game …
Read More »Michigan Supreme Court Declines Early Vape Ban Ruling Request
The Michigan Supreme Court will not step in to expedite a decision on Michigan’s attempt to ban the sale of flavored nicotine-based e-cigarette products. Governor Gretchen Whitmer had asked the court to intervene after a Court of Claims judge blocked the ban in October. With Justice Stephen Markman dissenting, the …
Read More »Calumet, Houghton to Meet in MacInnes Finale – Saturday Sports Wrap
High School Houghton and Calumet will play for the title in the annual MacInnes Holiday Classic high school hockey tournament this afternoon, following convincing opening-round wins last night. The Gremlins dismantled Jeffers 9-1, in a mercy-rule game that ended 5:44 into the third period. Houghton raced out to a 4-0 …
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