DNR confirms cougar sighting in Northern Michigan
The Michigan DNR confirmed a report of a cougar in Northern Michigan. A mountain lion image caught on a landowner’s trail camera in Gogebic County has been confirmed as the state’s 39th cougar report since 2008.
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The cat was photographed July 7 in daylight hours northwest of Ironwood, in the far western portion of the Upper Peninsula, according to the DNR.
DNR confirms cougar sighting in Northern Michigan
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A Detroit girl is recovering after being hit with BB pellets as she was playing on a swingset.
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Maintenance man makes threat
A maintenance man at the Chrysler Mopar distribution facility in Marysville threatened other employees Friday, police said.
A co-worker called police to report the threat. Police said the man didn't have any weapons.
"He's had ongoing issues with other employees and felt like he was being picked on, and apparently something happened that morning that set him off," said Marysville Police Chief Tom Konik.
Suspicious death
Residents were left in shock after police swarmed a Dearborn neighborhood to investigate a suspicious death.
It happened inside a home on Appoline Street near the intersection of Ford and Miller roads.
“A very calm neighborhood. We really don’t have problems like this,” said one resident. The resident said he's been living in the area for 24 years and nothing like this has ever happened.
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