Today in History: May 11, Deep Blue defeats Kasparov By The Associated Press Today is Monday, May 11, the 131st day of 2026. There are 234 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 11, 1997, the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the final game of ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads connected the expanding republic, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. Through these ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula jobless rate saw little change in March as the number of jobless workers rose by 200 since February and the estimated size of the labor force dipped, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget. “Michigan ...
MARQUETTE — From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 17, the Michigan State University Extension program, in partnership with the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy, will be hosting a vernal pool patrol field training event at Tory’s Woods Nature Preserve. A vernal pool is an ephemeral pool which ...
BARAGA — Two students from Phillip Latendresse Elementary School in Baraga have qualified invited to participate in the Invention Convention National Competition next month in downstate Dearborn. Adelyn Wilson and Allie Johnston’s project, “Magic Footsteps,” was presented in the state ...