‘These guys are amazing': A Sierra off-roaders group has become a lifeline in emergencies

With more than 47,000 members, a Sierra off-roading group is volunteering help to stranded motorists and snowed-in residents ...
Times

Q&A with Barry Wood, Cockle Bay guardian

Barry Wood, on Big Red, a combination that has voluntarily rescued motor vehicles stuck in the mud at low tide at Cockle Bay over many years. “I’ve lost count of the vehicles I’ve helped.” Photos ...

World’s Largest Rotator Tow Truck Called in After Excavator Falls Through Parking Garage

With the 135,000-pound excavator on its side in a 15-foot hole, it took a Century M100 wrecker and a John Deere 470RR built for railroad recovery to do the job.

'That’s an unforgiving giant body of water,' Pickup truck rescued from Maumee Bay after weeks being stuck near Erie marina

The truck's owner, Marty Doll, says it got stuck as he was coming back from cleaning up trash near surrounding islands on Valentine's Day.
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A 1973 Ford Galaxie Fell Into a Frozen Lake in the 1980s. Decades Later, It's Finally Dragged Out

This 1973 Ford Galaxie 500 fell through the ice one winter night in 1980 or 1981. Now, it was finally craned out of the water ...
The North Star Monthly

Celebrating spring's arrival through mud and maple syrup

Mud season is not something Chambers of Commerce feature. Even those of us who love winter have cabin fever by now. Spring is still a ways off. Getting there is ...