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3 fans, 60 Super Bowls: This might be their last time going to the big game

KENNEBUNK, Maine — It just wouldn't feel like the Super Bowl for them if they weren't all there. And this might be the last time they all do it. That's what three old friends were coming to grips with just before this year's Super Bowl. The trio of octogenarians are the only fans left in ...

Ex-governors urge civility: Minneapolis ‘could be any place in Michigan’

LANSING — Amid national tensions over aggressive federal immigration enforcement, Michigan’s four living former governors met near the state Capitol on Wednesday to urge political civility. “If you look at Minneapolis, that could be any place in Michigan,” said former Gov. Rick ...

At-fault driver ID’d in Marquette hit and run

MARQUETTE — The Michigan State Police Negaunee post have identified the at-fault driver in a hit and run accident which took place around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Ontario Avenue and West Fair Avenue in Marquette. On Wednesday, the state police released a statement asking for the public’s help in identifying the at-fault driver, who had fled the crash scene. The vehicle was a 2013-2015 Lexus RX350, and witnesses noted that the driver may have been an older person. Now that the driver of the car has been identified, the case will be submitted to the Marquette ...

Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats’ ICE demands

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are "unrealistic" and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House. Democrats say they will not vote for a DHS spending bill when funding runs out unless there are "dramatic changes" at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal law enforcement agencies in the wake of the fatal shootings of two protesters in Minneapolis last month. The ...