Dan Chalk is managing editor of the Midland Daily News. He was born in Midland and graduated from Midland High School in 1989 and from Adrian College in 1994. He had a six-year teaching career both ...

Santa inspired by St. Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop known for kindness and secret gift-giving. Santa's red suit popularized by Coca-Cola, earlier depictions showed him in bishop's attire. Santa's ...

Both teams are bowl eligible, and on a day loaded with massive matchups and showdowns, this might be one of the most fun under-the-radar games. Duke got bowl eligible last week with a fantastic late ...

Arne Slot stands on the sidelines for the 50th time as Liverpool manager in a Premier League match. Of his first 49 games, he won 31, with nine draws and nine losses. Since 1952, the Reds have lost ...

You probably know someone who takes Halloween a little far with tons of decorations. A Colorado man is that way, but his haunted forest has a bigger purpose. For the last four years, Kevin Holt has ...

The Siberian Forest Cat is the ultimate survivor, having honed its instincts in the harsh, freezing forests of Russia. Happily, for lovers of this friendly, interactive, and affectionate breed, it has ...

The season is known as both “fall” and “autumn.” The word “autumn” comes from Latin, while “fall” originated in 17th-century Britain as a shortening of the phrase “fall of the leaf.” While both are ...

A new study from Stockholm University reveals that spruce bark beetles, already infamous for killing millions of trees in Sweden, are also changing the forest microclimate. Using a combination of ...

SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds of residents from the city and surrounding communities turned a normally tranquil Forest Park into a celebration of holistic well-being and active living on Saturday. The ...

The tall, slender beech trees with their dark green, dense crowns – the very symbol of the temperate forests in Europe – may have disappear from many landscapes by the turn of the next century. Today, ...