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Drivers in 50+ car pileup: 'Chaos everywhere'

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

PORTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Dozens of vehicles were involved in a pileup on a Michigan interstate Saturday afternoon that closed the freeway near the town of Portland.Michigan State Police said between 50 and 100 vehicles were involved in the massive crash on I-96, believed to have been caused by whiteout conditions. It happened around 4:40 p.m. near Knox Road in Portland Township, which is about 20 miles outside Lansing. "It was just chaos everywhere," said Josephine Davidson and Emily Anderson, who both live in Grand Rapids and were involved in the pileup. Around 5:30 p.m., MSP said all lanes of I-96 in the area were shut down. Woman bitten twice by deadly blue-ringed octopus, sent to Australia hospital It took several hours for crews to clear all the vehicles away from the scene. Eastbound and westbound lanes between Portland Road and South Grange Road did not reopen until 10:45 p.m., according to MDOT.Over 50 vehicles were involved in a pileup on I-96 in Portla...

Business People: Afro Deli founder named Small Business Person of the Year

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

OF NOTEAbdirahman KahinThe U.S. Small Business Administration has named Abdirahman Kahin, CEO and owner of Afro Deli and Grill, as Minnesota’s Small Business Person of the Year for 2023. Kahin will compete for National Small Business Person of the Year during National Small Business Week, the first week of May, in Washington, D.C. Since the first location opened in 2010, Afro Deli has expanded to four locations across the Twin Cities.ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONSPrimacy Strategy Group, a St. Paul-based lobbying and business promotion firm announced the following staff promotions and additions: Jake Blum, promoted to political director and public relations manager; Calvin Benson, hired to the government relations and regulatory affairs team, and Heidi Esparza, hired as executive assistant to the CEO. Primacy Strategy Group is a partnership between PR firm Synergetic Endeavors and Minneapolis law firm Lockridge Grindal Nauen.AGRICULTURECeres Global Ag Corp., a Golden Valley-based commo...

Shiffrin ends World Cup ski season with yet another record

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — After capping her record-setting season with career win 88, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked one question over and over again – and she couldn’t really answer it.What’s next?“What do you think will come next? How many victories?,” Johan Eliasch, president of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, wanted to know after handing Shiffrin her fifth big crystal globe, the prize for winning the World Cup overall title.“I don’t have a guess at how many,” Shiffrin replied. “Sometimes a part of me feels like that’s always my last victory. I hope not, I keep heading for more.”A week after breaking the record of Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark, the American extended the all-time best mark for most career wins to 88 by winning the last race of the season, a giant slalom at the World Cup Finals on Sunday.Her 21st career win in the discipline marked yet another milestone as it moved Shiffrin past Swiss...

Designer lists remodeled Wash Park modern farmhouse for $2.3M

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

When Rebekah Cholak’s RC Design Studio bought 462 S. Pennsylvania St. for $625,000 in February 2021, she envisioned what the simple brick box could become.And it took her nearly two years to transform the 869-square-foot, one-story home with a partial unfinished basement into a three-story, 4,690-square-foot modern farmhouse with a wraparound front porch and rooftop decks.The original home was built in 1924, and Cholak, who lives in the neighborhood with her 11-year-old daughter, knew she didn’t want to clear the property and start over.“I wanted to be a good neighbor, and there was lots of opportunity there,” she said.“I knew I wanted to keep the existing house but add more character. I wanted to take the farmhouse concept but make it more modern and upscale.”So, she kept the original brick exterior but enhanced it with German schmear. She doesn’t like to paint brick, so instead used a finishing technique that smears a mortar wash over the brick to protect it from the elements with...

Missouri linebacker Chad Bailey suspended after DWI arrest

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri linebacker Chad Bailey was suspended from the team after he was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Sunday, the team said.The 23-year-old, who was a team captain last season, was booked at about 2:45 a.m. and released after posting $500 bond, according to online records from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. “We are aware of the situation involving Chad Bailey,” Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said in a statement to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “He’s been suspended according to Department of Athletics policy. We have high expectations for all of our student-athletes, on and off the field, and we will follow all departmental and campus policies.”Bailey was Mizzou’s third-leading tackler with 57 stops last season. He started all 11 games he played, missing two with an injury. He’ll be a sixth-year senior this fall after opting to return for his final year of eligibility, the Post-Dispatch reported.The Missouri student-athlete hand...

Brighton and Sheffield United advance to FA Cup semifinals

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City prospect Tommy Doyle fired Sheffield United into the FA Cup semifinals on Sunday and then learned he will have to miss out on the biggest game of his young career. The 21-year-old midfielder is on loan at Sheffield and due to competition rules is ineligible to play against his parent club after Man City and Sheffield were drawn against each other in the next round.It means Doyle will be a spectator for the match at Wembley, when Premier League champions City will be favorites to advance to the final. Doyle struck in the first minute of second-half stoppage time as Sheffield beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in a thrilling quarterfinal clash between the two second-tier sides. Blackburn had twice taken the lead through Ben Brereton and Sammie Szmodics. Sam Gallagher’s own-goal and Oliver McBurnie evened the score on each occasion before Doyle’s late winner. But he barely had time to enjoy his celebrations before learning Sheffield had bee...

Monaco forward Ben Yedder scores in 2-0 win at Ajaccio

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Wissam Ben Yedder scored his 80th career league goal for Monaco in a 2-0 win at 10-man Ajaccio on Sunday as the Principality side got back to winning ways in the French top flight.It was Ben Yedder’s 17th league goal this season. The France striker put the hosts ahead in the 26th minute before Krepin Diatta sealed Monaco’s win with seven minutes left.Ajaccio was forced to play with 10 players for most of the second half after Cyrille Bayala was sent off for a reckless tackle on Caio Henrique in the 51st minute.Fourth-place Monaco had picked up only one point from its previous three matches.Ben Yedder became the third player in Monaco’s history to score 80 league goals for the club after Delio Onnis (157) and Lucien Cossou (97). He scored from a rebound from close range following a free kick from Henrique. Monaco was then in control against a poor Ajaccio side that was punished by Diatta on the counter and remained in the relegation zone.League leader P...

Astros’ Jose Altuve has broken right thumb, needs surgery

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros star Jose Altuve has a broken right thumb and needs surgery after getting hurt in Venezuela’s 9-7 quarterfinal loss to the United States at the World Baseball Classic.The Astros said Sunday they will announce a prognosis for the second baseman after the operation.The ight-time All-Star and the 2017 American League MVP fell after he was struck by a 95.9 mph sinker from Colorado reliever Daniel Bard in the fifth inning Saturday night. Altuve grimaced as he walked off with an athletic trainer.Altuve’s injury occurred three days after New York Mets All-Star closer Edwin Díaz sustained a season-ending knee injury during the postgame celebration of Puerto Rico’s 5-2 win over the Dominican Republic. Díaz tore the patellar tendon in his right knee and had surgery on Thursday.“It appears it could be a while,” Astros manager Dusty Baker told reporters Sunday at spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Altuve returned for a medical examinat...

Ethiopia’s Jemal Yimer wins Los Angeles Marathon

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia won the men’s division of the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, while Stacy Ndiwa of Kenya took the women’s division.Yimer completed the 26.2-mile course through city streets in 2 hours, 13 minutes, 13.58 seconds.Yemane Tsegay of Ethiopia was second in 2:14:06.95. Barnaba Kipkoech of Kenya was third in 2:14:27.36 on a cloudy day with temperatures near 60 degrees (15 Celsius).The top American men’s finisher was Hosava Kretzmann of Prescott, Arizona, who was sixth. He ran his first marathon in 2:19:55.77.Ndiwa crossed the finish line in 2:31:00.24. The 30-year-old pulled away from countrywoman Martha Akeno at mile 18. Akeno finished second in 2:34:25.68.Grace Kahura of Kenya was third in 2:38:15.67.Ashley Paulson of St. George, Utah, was the top American women’s finisher in fourth at 2:48:47.00.The race began at Dodger Stadium and ended near Avenue of the Stars in Century City on LA’s westside.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/...

2 skiers missing in avalanche near Mont Blanc

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:33:45 GMT

ROME (AP) — Rescue teams were searching Sunday for two skiers who were caught in an avalanche near Mont Blanc on Italy’s northern border with France, local authorities said.Two surviving off-piste skiers sounded the alarm shortly after the 1 p.m. avalanche on Val Veny, above Courmayeur, but low-lying clouds prevented helicopters from reaching the scene, Courmayeur Mayor Roberto Rota told Sky TG24.Rescuers were getting to the site by snowmobile, but Rota said the chances of finding the skiers alive was slim given the amount of time that had passed.Rota suggested the four skiers were amateurs who hadn’t gone up with a guide or proper avalanche safety equipment, though he added that avalanche airbags would have only been useful if rescuers were nearby and had gotten to the scene within the first 15-20 minutes.“Unfortunately, it’s 99% that those involved won’t make it,” he said.The avalanche risk Sunday for the area was a level-three “considerable” danger on a scale of five risk levels ...