Jon Duerr News Today

After two nonconference games against teams not expected to finish in the top 25 in run defense, Michigan's running game hasn't produced the way we expected. You'd figure with two of the best three running backs in the country, three starters back from the two-time Joe (Sherrone) Moore-winning offensive line supplemented by two of the position's top transfers, and the hottest quarterback in the country, the Michigan run game should be steamrolling opponents. They're not....

A record number of American white pelicans were seen by Kane County Audubon members. And thats just the start of the good news for suburban birders, who say this spring has brought increased sightings of comorants, red-bellied woodpeckers, a white-breasted nuthatches and other species.