Today in History: August 13, East Germany closes Berlin border By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2026. There are 140 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 13, 1961, on what would become known as Barbed Wire Sunday, East Germany sealed the ...
LANSING — The US Army Corps of Engineers has permitted construction of the controversial Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac. The project, which would divert a section of the Line 5 petroleum pipeline from the open waters of the Straits into a concrete tunnel beneath the ...
With America’s 250th Fourth of July Celebration coming and going, I began thinking of local history here in the Upper Peninsula. One cannot discuss this history without mentioning the story of the Venerable Bishop Frederic Baraga, whether through the town named in his likeness, or the street ...
Who succeeded Bishop Baraga as the second Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette? A) Ignatius Mrak B) Frederick Eis C) Joseph C. Plagens D) Paul Nussbaum E) John Vertin Answer: A. The Right Reverend Ignatius Mrak served as the second bishop of the Diocese ...
