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U.P. party store owner becomes cult figure

He was just a regular Yooper. Then his face appeared on a T-shirt

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On the trail of Bigfoot in an Upper Peninsula Michigan forest

Upper Peninsula Bigfoot/Sasquatch Research Organization founder Rich Meyer howls and knocks while searching for signs of Bigfoot near Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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Secret doll house hidden in garage opens its doors

CADILLAC — Jeanette Majerle sat inside her old garage, surrounded by a thousand dolls that stared back with frozen faces.

“They’re very dear to me,” she said. “They were my playmates.”

She was in a narrow aisle between the crowded shelves inside the Dolls and Things Museum, housed in a small, converted garage in her backyard on the outskirts of Cadillac.

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Benton Harbor remembers cult destroyed by sex scandal

Their members weren’t allowed to have sex. No meat, no alcohol, no tobacco and no personal property, either. Yet to this day, people talk about how fun they were.

These were the strict rules of the House of David, a  commune founded in Michigan a century ago by a man who called himself a messenger of God. He promised eternal life for those who joined his group and obeyed these rules. A thousand people came to Benton Harbor to follow him. And millions came to visit them.

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A ghost ship on Lake Superior? You decide

Footage from Lake Superior shows a tall, eerie image rising and falling in the waves.

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The owner of the oldest continually operating bookstore in Detroit says used bookstore in Midtown can't survive anymore.

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John Krasinski is latest star to join Detroit riot movie

The actor best known for 'The Office' will be part of the cast of director Kathryn Bigelow's film now shooting in Massachusetts

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Donald Trump heading back to Michigan to tour Flint

The visit to the city suffering through a public health crisis will be Trump's fourth trip to Michigan since convention.

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For half a century the Paulding Light, a mysterious light that glows in the forest near Paulding, Mich., has been a legend in the Upper Peninsula. The official legend says the light comes from the swaying lantern held by the ghost of a railroad brakeman. 

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Great photos this weekend by Detroit Free Press photographer Salwan Georges during Michigan State University’s football game against Furman University.

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Some of our favorite shots from University of Michgan football’s game against Hawaii. 

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Michael Jordan gave the University of Michigan football team a pep talk before the Hawaii game. Click here to read the story. Photo by Salwan Georges/Detroit Free Press

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Donald Trump visits Ben Carson's boyhood Detroit neighborhood

Donald Trump visits Ben Carson's boyhood neighborhood during Detroit campaign stop

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Trump to parishioners at black Detroit church: 'I'm here to listen'

Trump said he was attending the religious service in Detroit on Saturday "to listen to your message -- and I hope my presence here today will help your message reach new voices."

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'Our hero': Detroit parents want convicted principal back

Dozens of supporters ask judge not to send Spain school principal Ronald Alexander to prison in kickback scheme

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Which Michigan high schools had the top SAT scores?

This is the first time the state's high school exam included the SAT.

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At this Michigan campground, nudity is just a way of life

It's not about sex. Except when it is.