Emergency responders received an initial report of two people stranded on the ice flow around 12:40 p.m. Jan 22. Coast Guard rescuers from the Saginaw River station and Air Statio

“I have bought a Powerball ticket for one drawing each week for 10 years,” Robert Benaglio said, according to a Jan. 22 news release from the Michigan Lottery. So, he purchased a ticket for the Dec. 23 drawing at a gas station in Metamora. This time, winning him a $1 million prize.

The 63-year-old’s stroke of luck came Dec. 30, when she bought a Lucky7s Fast Cash ticket in Saginaw and realized she had hit the jackpot. Her prize of $855,779 left her with an “unbelievable feeling,” she told Michigan Lottery officials in a Jan. 24 news release.

States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, convoluted marketplace of school-choice programs. The process has been bumpy.

Owners of the venue say they understand the “hate and outrage” they received and are taking “full responsibility.”

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Theryn Hallock scored 23 of her 25 points in the second half, Julia Ayrault had a double-double and No. 21 Michigan State rolled past No. 24 Michigan 88-58 on Saturday.

Idaho faces the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks after Kolton Mitchell scored 25 points in Idaho's 77-76 victory against the Northern Colorado Bears.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

Fatal crashes like the one that happened near Washington on Wednesday are increasingly rare because of modern aviation safety procedures.

A Detroit rapper is suing rideshare company Lyft after a driver allegedly refused to give her a ride because of her weight. Dajua Blanding, who goes by the stage name Dank DeMoss, says she was humiliated by her encounter.

JASON ELLIOTT/Press North Idaho College sophomore Vaughn Weems drives to the basket during a Scenic West Athletic Conference game against Salt Lake on Jan. 9 at Rolly Williams Court. NIC returns home to face Utah State-Eastern tonight at 7.