MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Searchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in the late 19th century, completing a quest that began almost 60 years ago. Shipwreck World, a group that works to locate shipwrecks around the globe, announced Friday that a team ...

“Some quiet evening, I sit by your side and we’re lost in a world of our own,” – Ben Raleigh and Sherman Edwards It was that instant mashed potato flake kind of snow — soft and fluffy, and it was piling up high as the nighttime moved slowly past. I was looking out the upstairs ...

“The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.” - Florence Scovel Shinn This winter has been filled with ironies. This past week saw a delightful string of beautiful, sunny, unseasonably warm days. Snow ...

Little Bay de Noc: Mild temperatures during the day and below-freezing temperatures at night made for good travel conditions, even for wheeled vehicles. Perch anglers reported fair fishing, with most successful trip reports coming from the upper bay. Some large perch were reported. Anglers were ...

“Sixteen miles to seven lakes way up among the pines, in some hidden valley where the twirlin’ river twines,” – Gordon Lightfoot On another winter morning, overcast with skies the color of dirty mop water, the sunshine is on vacation somewhere down south. The maples, birches and ...

“In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, in the bleak midwinter, Long ago.” — Christina Rossetti “A good friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future, the ...