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Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MUNISING - Pictures Rocks National Lakeshore has a new chief ranger, said Superintendent Grant Petersen. Larry D. Hach has transferred from Sleeping Bear Dunes National ...

AG files appeal to reverse parole of U.P. man

By Journal Staff LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday filed an emergency application for leave to appeal in the Ontonagon County Circuit Court and requested a stay of enforcement against the parole of Paul Gauthier, 70, who last resided in Ontonagon. The state ...

Man arrested in suburban Detroit but toddler still missing

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of kidnaping a Lansing toddler was arrested Monday in suburban Detroit but the girl was not with him, police said. Authorities were searching for 2-year-old Wynter Smith, a Black child with braided hair who was wearing a white shirt with ...

Downstate fireworks explosion kills one person, injures 9 others

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fireworks explosion in western Michigan killed one woman left nine other people with injuries ranging from critical to minor, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department said. The explosion happened Monday, but a news release from the department did not say ...

County sheriff who insulted women, minorities settles suit for $1.65M

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan county has agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit by a sheriff’s officer who said he suffered on the job, especially after secretly recording a sheriff making insulting remarks about women and minorities. Steve Rand, who was Jackson County ...