A Delta County man who went missing while kayaking with a friend in Brampton Township Friday has been found dead. Troopers from the Gladstone Post of the Michigan State Police say the 48-year-old victim appears to have drowned in Little Bay De Noc. No other information about the nature of the …

The Department of Natural Resources’ Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council will meet in Baraga County today at the Baraga Lakeside Inn. The meeting will take place in the motel’s conference room at 5:30 p.m. DNR staff will present division reports on current DNR projects and business and answer questions …

Nine teachers from across Michigan will spend five days at Michigan Tech next week, learning about the geology and natural resources of the Upper Peninsula, as well as engineering and societal issues related to mining. During the workshop participants will take field trips to explore the geology of the western …

Michigan State Police will join forces with five other state law enforcement agencies as part of the 6-State Trooper Project to focus on distracted driving enforcement this week. State Police Director Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue says in addition to focusing on distracted driving behaviors, troopers will also be on the …

A new National Park Service report shows that the nearly 2 million visitors to Michigan’s national parks in 2013 spent more than $166 million and supported more than 2,500 jobs in the state. Michigan’s national parks include Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw National Historical Park and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. …

Pleasant weather contributed to a successful Aura Jamboree over the weekend. Dozens of performers took the stage in 15-minute intervals… and organizers reported good turnouts for the traditional dances both Friday and Saturday nights. The most poignant moment came when Aura Hall Board Member Mike Roberts introduced this year’s new …

Tigers Salvage One from Indians Drew Smyly held the Indians to just four hits over seven innings, and the Tigers snapped their three-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory yesterday. The Tigers opened the scoring early with two runs in the first inning. Torii Hunter added a two-run homer in …

Tigers Lose Twice to Indians Drew VerHagen pitched four shutout innings in his major league debut… but the Cleveland batters figured him out in the fifth, and beat the Tigers 6-2 in the first of two games yesterday. VerHagen struck out four of the first six batters he faced. Cleveland …

Andrew Lund of Calumet won the half-marathon at the Portage Canal Run Saturday, with a time of 1:26:02.7. Daisuke Minakata of Houghton placed second… more than two-and-a-half minutes off the pace. Matt Wong from Houghton came in two seconds later to clinch third place. Christina Carradine from Marquette was the …

Tigers Blow Lead, Fall to Indians For six innings, the Indians could do nothing against Anibal Sanchez. In the seventh, they erupted for seven runs, and went on to beat the Tigers 9-3. Sanchez was charged with four of those seven inning runs. Ian Kroll gave up an rbi double …