By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Child safety in vehicles has come a long way over the years. Proof of that was seen on Friday when a car safety seat check took place at the Marquette Township Fire Department. Shilpa Jhobalia, parent liaison for the Great Start ...
DETROIT (AP) — A man survived after plunging 150 feet into the Detroit River from a bridge connecting Michigan and Canada. The man, identified as a contractor who was working on the Ambassador Bridge, was rescued Wednesday by a crew aboard a Detroit mail delivery boat. “The force of ...
PONTIAC (AP) — A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons against each other. It’s a victory for Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin whose lawyers had argued that papers dated 2014 should override a 2010 will that was discovered around the same time in a locked cabinet at the Queen of Soul’s home in suburban Detroit. The jury deliberated less than an hour after a brief trial that started Monday. After the verdict was read, Aretha ...
DETROIT — Whenever the United Auto Workers union begins negotiating a new contract with Detroit’s three automakers, threats of a strike are typically heard on the floor of the old Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, Indiana. This year, the talk is a little louder. Besides the usual ...
WASHINGTON — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing Olympic and college female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. Two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press ...
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 Park in downstate Empire. Hach will manage the visitor services and land management at Pictured Rocks. He’s responsible for law enforcement, park safety, fire control, search and rescue, emergency medical services and land management. 60 years ago MARQUETTE - A special meeting of the Upper ...
