GWINN — One of the Upper Peninsula’s most enduring sagas — the grounding of a Russian cargo jet marooned near Marquette for 16 years — may soon come to an end after years of lawsuits, police investigations and feuding over ownership.
The tale that touches Uzbekistan, Ukraine, ...
As winter has seemingly arrived and the days grow shorter, it’s the perfect season to retreat indoors with a good book. With the new fiscal year well underway, the Peter White Public Library is seeing an exciting influx of fresh nonfiction titles. These books offer new perspectives, deep ...
Today is Saturday, Dec. 13, the 347th day of 2025. There are 18 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near his hometown of Tikrit.
Also on this date:
In 1862, Union ...
HOUGHTON – Tuesday’s Houghton County Board of Commissioners meeting attracted more than 400 residents to the courthouse regarding a proposed resolution declaring there are only two sexes, which are determined by XY chromosomes and XX chromosomes.
During the public comment period of the ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate was poised on Thursday to reject legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits for millions of Americans, a potentially unceremonious end to a monthslong Democratic effort to prevent the COVID-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1.
Despite a bipartisan desire ...