Although the Earth’s been decidedly blue for 600 million years, rising populations of phytoplankton caused by rising temperatures are once again causing the world’s oceans to turn green.

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.

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JC Penney announced in 1925 it would remodel the store in Manistee, to include public restrooms and a bigger shoe department.

As Microsoft debuts its new Windows 2000 in San Francisco, IBM Rochester said its AS/400 business computer is already ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

The Olmsted County Board approved a request to designate 5,400 acres along U.S. 52 as an “urban service area.” This action paves the way for future commercial, industrial and residential growth.

In spite of adverse weather conditions Thursday and Friday, county shoppers have not wasted the opportunity of availing ...

In 1925, the Manistee basketball team was set to play undefeated Reed City, a much-anticpated event that was expected to draw ...

Mugabe loses constitution vote; Thatcher to head British Tories; Stalin-Mao sign treaty; Kurdish revolt in Turkey.

In today's look at local history, we meet a McLean County woman who once sat on Abraham Lincoln's knee and explore whether ...