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If you're in Detroit this weekend, don't worry, your eyes are not deceiving you. Yes, that's a Viking ship at the Detroit Yacht Club.The…

People from the Adrian area and local historians know the story of the “wreck on the Wabash.” But outside of those circles, the train crash that took…

There aren't many books that serve up history, suspense, crime and a love story, all beautifully tied together.Wolf's Mouth manages to offer all that and…

Deciding who should be allowed to use what bathroom has consumed a lot of attention across the country, and certainly here in Michigan.With all the…

Many of us are following the headlines about the Zika virus with mounting alarm.Before that, it was Ebola. Think back to October 2014, when a New Jersey…

7,100 bodies are buried at the former Eloise mental hospital in Westland, near Detroit. But you'd never guess that from walking around the property.That’s…

I had a friend I never met in person.His name was Mike Simonson and he was a reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio based in Superior.Mike and I spoke often…

The Great Depression really marked the golden age of leftovers.They were meant to be slipped into a pot pie, suspended in a jello ring, buried in a…

When Adrian Brown moved from Iowa to Royal Oak five years ago, he noticed something funny about a road he uses every day. John R Road is just that — "John…

One of the big questions of the 2016 presidential race is whether we’ll finally see a woman in the White House.But there’s a little-known secret that’s…