The 19-year-old Michigan student with Down syndrome who drew national attention for his fight to play football at his high school will be allowed to suit up his senior year, his father said Thursday.
The wildfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula was 47% contained Tuesday, slightly worse than the prior day's 51% containment, as the conflagration has destroyed 97 structures, including 34 homes and cabins, a motel, and a store, authorities said.
A wildfire that has raged for days in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has destroyed 97 structures -- including a motel, a store and 34 homes.
Get out the coats, boots, and shovels; people in some parts of the country are in for it this winter, according to the Farmer's Almanac.
A man carrying an assault rifle walked out of the woods and shot four young people who had gathered at a river to go swimming, killing three of them and wounding one
Flooding causes havoc for drivers in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Severe winter weather cause problems on the roads in Minnesota.
My first morning on Michigan's Mackinac Island, I thought I had wandered onto a Hollywood back lot.
By national park standards, Isle Royale's tourist tally of 23,000 is small. In June, July or August, you'll likely find manageable "crowds," as well as great weather. North of Michigan's Upper Peninsula lies this lesser-known getaway -- a favorite of backpackers, kayakers and world-weary jet-setters who seek unspoiled splendor.
SBC Communications Inc. is selling off about 650,000 telephone lines in rural Michigan and Texas, which could fetch about $1.5 billion, as it raises money to fund Cingular Wireless's planned acquisition of AT & T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE), people familiar with the matter told Monday's Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Army Capt. Leif Espeland has seen it all--and not just on Iraq's dusty battlefields. The Army chaplain, a Minnesotan serving in the Fourth Infantry Division, frequently consoles young, idealis...
Bonneville Lock and Dam, Cascade Locks, Ore.; 541-374-8820; www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/b; free. The oldest federal dam on the Columbia River and site of the state's salmon hatchery is just south of ...
In 1799, 12-year-old Conrad Reed was wandering down by a creek on his family's North Carolina farm when he found a large yellow rock. He'd never seen anything like it, and neither had his father, J...
After spending six years and $1.5 million building his 14-room dream house on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Alan Piel, 49, plans to sell it in 1998--for $2.45 million. Piel, co-owner of About Frames,...