The Mississippi River runs 1,826 miles between the Ford Dam in the Twin Cities and New Orleans. In 1930, Fred Newton swam every single one of them. A 27-year-old sign painter from Clinton, Okla., ...

Programming will resume at the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps center in Grand Rapids, according to a state lawmaker, after a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to ...

Aircraft carriers are among the most powerful and influential ships in modern naval warfare. These massive floating ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Nearly 4,500 Sailors assigned to the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Station Norfolk and ...

Matula Kalomeres Gregory, matriarch of the Montgomery Inn restaurant family, died Monday, June 23. She was 97. Gregory was a king maker. Her secret sauce was the crown that made her late husband, Ted ...

BATTLE CREEK, MI – A 20-year-old man drowned while swimming in a Battle Creek lake this weekend, deputies said. Rescuers responded to the drowning at 5:39 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Willard ...

40 years ago June 21, 1985 In an address to the Vail Resort Association, former President Gerald R. Ford said the biggest obstacle for the federal government to overcome is lobbying by special ...

Swimming among strangers in a public pool is everything that I love about living in the city, but doing it underwater. Traversing a mile back and forth during lap swim in a New York public pool ...

Gerald (Gerry) Joseph Mettenburg, fortified with all the Sacraments of the Holy Catholic Church, passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Gerry was born on the 27th day of November 1956 in St ...

Podcasts A personal swimming challenge: How an Oregonian visited 15+ swimming holes every summer for 8 years Published: Jun. 21, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

The steely waters of Lake Coeur d’Alene were choppy Friday morning, cut by cold winds, but the conditions didn’t stop a group of athletes from taking a swim ahead of Sunday’s Ironman 70.3 ...