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Collin’s Guide to the Grateful Dead

By COLLIN GALLION 8-18 Media Special to the Journal And we’re back with another edition of Collin’s Guide to The Grateful Dead. How far can we go with this? I don’t know! I’ll try not to turn this into The Simpsons. In today’s column, we’ll be going back to the mid 70s to ...

In wintry Minnesota, there’s a belief that every snowplow deserves a name

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press Snowplows are essential to enduring winter in Minnesota, so maybe it’s not surprising that every year thousands of people vote on names for the giant machines that clear the state’s roads, such as Plowy McPlowFace and Darth Blader. The often-icy ...

A ‘precious’ tale

By SCOTT LOSEE 8-18 Media Special to the Journal As Gollum was falling towards the lava he was happy, then he hit the lava. It stung like quintillion killer bees stinging him simultaneously (how he knew what that felt like I do not know). Then suddenly he melted into an alternate ...

Michigan Youth Challenge Academy graduation

LANSING — Over 100 cadets graduated from the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy on Dec. 16 in Battle Creek. MYCA is a free alternative education program which offers at-risk youth the opportunity to change their future. Cadets participate in drill and ceremony formations, meet physical ...

Lighting up mother Superior

Ron Mattton took this beautiful photo of the laser light show at the Lower Harbor Park on Thursday. Since Nov. 23, Travel Marquette has been merging local local history with modern technology and put on a laser light show on the north side of the iconic Lower Harbor Ore Dock. Shows will also ...