Latest local news, weather and high school sports for Northern Michigan

Monday, April 08, 2013  Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder plans to be in Atlanta to watch the Wolverines play for the NCAA men's basketball championship.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Students and community members sent the team off with cheers and well wishes this morning at Cadillac High School.

Saturday, March 09, 2013  More than 600 students got an intense workout today while putting their strength and muscles to the test!

Saturday, February 23, 2013  A northern Michigan man is in Anchorage, Alaska this weekend defending his title as the winner of the annual Rondy World Championship Sled Dog Races.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Due to the recent event at ESPN's Winter X Games that took the life of freestyle snowmobiler Caleb Moore, the International Series of Champions has cancelled the planned snowmobile freestyle events this weekend.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Billions of dollars in federal money has paid for repairing and replacing tens of thousands of homes wrecked by flooding.

Monday, January 21, 2013  The Harbaughs, San Francisco's Jim and Baltimore's John, will be the first pair of brothers to coach against each other in the NFL title game.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012  Charles Durning, who died Monday at age 89 in New York, got his start as an usher at a burlesque theater in Buffalo, N.Y.

Saturday, November 17, 2012  Beal City High School football team gets the win Saturday afternoon against St. Ignace High School.

Sunday, April 08, 2012  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Steven Whitney scored twice and Boston College beat Ferris State 4-1 on Saturday night for its fifth NCAA hockey title and third in five seasons.

Friday, March 23, 2012  Saturday the Traverse City St. Francis Gladiators play for a school first -- a state title in boys high school basketball.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012  After winning several competitions, the 10 member team in Petoskey will make a trip to St. Louis at the end of April to display their robot's action in the world championships.

Friday, February 24, 2012  The World Ice and Snow Sailing Championships has brought nearly 100 of the best athletes on ice to Northern Michigan.

Friday, February 17, 2012  Good news for more than one-thousand hockey players who made the trip to Northern Michigan this weekend: despite warmer temperatures, it's game on!

Friday, January 20, 2012  The best of the best snowmobile freestylers are headed to Antrim County. They're going to be putting on the biggest show in Michigan.