A warehouse containing an unknown quantity of fireworks caught fire on Memorial Day, according to officials in Missouri. The fire at the Spirit of ’76 Fireworks warehouse in Boonville, Missouri, began on Monday afternoon. The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital. The Boonville Police Department and Fire Department are responding to the scene. In a …
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More severe weather hits the Midwest as Iowans recover from devastating twister
Several tornadoes were reported in Iowa and Illinois as storms downed power lines and trees on Friday, just after a deadly twister devastated one small town. The large storm system began overnight in Nebraska before traveling across central Iowa and into Illinois. Strong, straight-line wind gusts of up to 80 mph — equivalent to a weak tornado — were recorded …
Read More »Giant inflatable duck blows across Michigan road during high winds
A bizarre video has captured a giant inflatable duck blowing across a road in Michigan during a period of high winds. The Thrifty Treasures Antiques & More store in Birch Run says the “cherished symbol” of their business “has passed away” following the viral incident Monday in the village north of Flint. “I was just praying that nobody got hit …
Read More »High school senior nearing graduation killed in crash after college student allegedly drove drunk at 131 mph
The lives of two young men in Illinois are forever changed after a deadly Mother’s Day crash killed one, and left another facing criminal charges. Police in Glenview say Taeyoung Kim, 21, was responsible for the crash that claimed the life of 17-year-old Marko Niketic. Kim made his first court appearance Saturday, when a judge said the “fast and furious …
Read More »Census data shows Detroit reverses decades of population decline, Southern cities still growing fastest
America’s Northeast and Midwest cities are rebounding slightly from years of population drops — especially Detroit, which grew for the first time in decades — though the South still dominates the nation’s growth, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday. Detroit, Michigan’s largest city, had seen an exodus of people since the 1950s. Yet the estimates released Thursday show …
Read More »Angler breaks 43-year-old record after reeling in large perch in Lake Michigan
An Indiana angler made state history after catching a relatively-heavy yellow perch last month. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (Indiana DNR) made a Facebook post about the catch on May 1. The fisherman, Blas Lars, threw his tackle in Lake Michigan before he caught the record-breaking fish. “Blas Lara was fishing Lake Michigan in Lake County during the Mayor’s …
Read More »Michigan researchers discover eerie 1909 shipwreck at bottom of Lake Superior
Historians in Michigan recently announced that a shipwreck dating back more than a century has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Superior. The Adella Shores, a wooden steamship built in 1894, was carrying salt to Duluth, Minnesota, when it mysteriously disappeared on May 1, 1909. None of the ship’s 14 sailors were ever heard from again, according to the …
Read More »WATCH: Tornadoes tear across America's heartland, leaving catastrophic destruction in multiple states
Dozens of tornadoes swept across America’s heartland, impacting millions of residents and leaving a trail of destruction. Twenty million Americans, from Texas to Iowa, are on alert for twisters, large hail and up to 70 mph winds. There were at least 59 reported tornadoes across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa as of 7 p.m. ET, according to theNational Weather …
Read More »Michigan birthday party crash: Police release mugshot of suspected drunken driver accused of killing 2 kids
Michigan authorities have released the name and mugshot of the suspect who police say crashed a car into a boat club on Saturday, killing two children and injuring nearly a dozen others. Newport resident Marshella Marie Chidester, 66, was charged with two counts of second-degree homicide on Tuesday, according to a press release from the Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. …
Read More »Michigan police identify kids killed after suspected drunk driver plowed into boat club during birthday party
Michigan police released new details about the car crash that tragically killed two children at a birthday party over the weekend. Police said at least ten people were injured when a 66-year-old intoxicated woman plowed into Berlin Township’s Swan Boat Club on Saturday afternoon, with the driver plowing 25 feet into the building. In a press release on Monday, the …
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