(MNN)Relics from the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sold at auction in Detroit for $150K. The orange life ring with SS Edmund Fitzgerald in white stenciled lettering was found a week after the freighter sank in Lake Superior in November of 1975. The other item auctioned off is a wooden plank from one of the ship’s lifeboats. The relics were loaned to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan in 1988. A record two thousand people attended a ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse last month marking the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
An iconic Oregon waterfall was put up for sale on Redfin. Lawmakers approved the money to buy it
The state of Oregon may soon have some new public property: A spectacular waterfall, beloved by generations, that was recently put up for sale on Redfin
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Armed man rammed car into Mich. synagogue, fatally shot
A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into a major synagogue in a Detroit suburb and was fatally shot by security. That's according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability
In a rare bipartisan effort for a deeply divided Congress, the Senate has passed a broad bill to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable
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Bill proposes adding Indigenous names and 'inherent right' for wild rice
The Senate State and Local Government Committee heard testimony this week about a proposal that would change the language around Minnesota's state grain, wild rice. The language includes adding both Dakota and Ojibwe to the bill as well as recognizin...
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