Michiganders have two people to root for on the newest season of the CBS reality TV show “Survivor”.

The Michigan DNR has opened its annual land auction event for bids.

The Michigan DNR is almost ready to open its annual land auction event for bids.

A Michigan man who sent nude photos to a minor was caught with child pornography on his cellphone, police said.

Sturgeon for Tomorrow Black Lake, Michigan Chapter is looking for volunteers to stand guard and protect lake sturgeon at their spawning sites along Black River in Cheboygan County during spawning season.

A geomagnetic storm occurred overnight Sunday into Monday, making the Northern Lights visible right here in Michigan.

The season started at 8 a.m. on Saturday (Feb. 4) and ended at 9:05 a.m. after the allowed number of sturgeon had been caught.

A northern Michigan man who left multiple pipe bombs at various stores as part of a $5 million extortion plot was sentenced on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors say a 76-year-old northern Michigan man has pleaded guilty to leaving two pipe bombs outside cellphone stores n Cheboygan and Sault Ste.

The Blue Lakes Fire in the northern portion of Michigan’s lower peninsula is now 98% contained, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

The Blue Lakes Fire in the northern portion of Michigan’s lower peninsula is now 75% contained, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Firefighters and Michigan DNR are working to contain a 2,500-acre wildfire burning up Montmorency and Cheboygan county.

Firefighters and Michigan DNR are working to contain a 2,300-acre wildfire burning up Montmorency and Cheboygan county.

Crews continue fighting a wildfire in a heavily forested area of northern Michigan that prompted the evacuation of 13 people from a hunting and fishing camp.

A Michigan man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct after he had “several sexual encounters” with a girl under 13 years old, police said.

The FBI announced Tuesday a person has been arrested in connection with two explosive devices found last week outside two northern Michigan cellphone stores.

The FBI is looking for the person, or persons, responsible for leaving explosive devices outside cellphone stores this month in Cheboygan and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

A Michigan man is OK after crashing a private plane at the Cheboygan County Airport Wednesday afternoon.

(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)ST. IGNACE, Mich. – An Army veteran already jailed in Ohio after the roof of a Cincinnati skyscraper was accessed has been accused of scaling the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan to take photos. Issac Wright, 25, of Cincinnati, was arraigned Thursday via video in Cheboygan District Court on a charge of felony trespass upon a key transportation facility. Photos taken on the bridge’s south tower were posted in November on social media. The bridge connects Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas. Chartier said she only is representing Wright in the Michigan bridge case.

DETROIT A family made the call to temporarily move from Birmingham to Cheboygan so their children can attend in-person classes. The crash happened in the area of 8 Mile Road and Cherrylawn Street. A 29-year-old man was driving a Dodge Challenger at a high rate of speed eastbound on 8 Mile Road when he collided into a 63-year-old woman driving a white Ford Escape. Gyms and pools in Michigan are allowed to reopen to the public starting Sept. 9. Read MoreThursday, Sept. 4, 2020 --

WOLVERINE, Mich. A man has been arrested in connection with the poaching of a cow elk in a northern Michigan state forest. Jakob Gagnon, 21, was arraigned Aug. 28 in Cheboygan County District Court on misdemeanor taking an elk without a license and possessing stolen property charges, according to the state's Natural Resources department. Gagnon is accused of shooting and later processing the elk. Gagnon and Turbin live in Cheboygan Countys Wolverine, northwest of the state forest. Authorities continue to investigate the poaching of five elk in late 2019.

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. A family made the call to temporarily move from Birmingham to Cheboygan so their children can attend in-person classes. It was just a few weeks ago when the Zane family learned that their two children, Mariam and Vivian, would be starting school online this fall. They decided a sustainable option would be to move up to their cottage in Cheboygan where their children could attend in-person classes. They said it wasnt an easy option to take their daughters away from their home and their friends, but for now, its what they see best fit for their daughters education. The Zane family said they want to come back and have their children learn at Harlan Elementary, but they believe this is their best option for now.

OTSEGO COUNTY, Mich. A driver was arrested after leading police on a chase over the Mackinac Bridge on Thursday morning. Officials say the driver, a 31-year-old woman from Waterford, initially pulled over but then fled the scene. Stop sticks were successfully deployed and the Volkswagen continued to drive across the Mackinac Bridge on its rims. Police say bridge traffic was halted by the Mackinac Bridge Authority after they were notified of the situation. The woman was then arrested and transported to the Otsego County Jail.

Three people were arrested Sept. 21, 2019, in a drug bust on northbound I-75 in Cheboygan. (SANE)CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. - A Detroit man and a man and woman from Northern Michigan were arrested on I-75 while transporting meth, cocaine and fentanyl from Metro Detroit, police said. Detectives from Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement learned Saturday that three people were transporting drugs to Cheboygan from Metro Detroit, according to authorities. Ashanti Brian Lockett, 45, of Detroit; Janine Louise Schmidt, 66, of Cheboygan; and a 35-year-old Cheboygan man were taken into custody, officials said. Schmit is charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, second or subsequent offense, and habitual offense -- fourth offense notice.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Three historic Great Lakes lighthouses owned by the federal government are going on the auction block. The Ontonagon Breakwater lighthouse will also be auctioned. Its the westernmost lighthouse in Michigans Upper Peninsula, perched at the entrance of the channel leading to the Ontonagon River from Lake Superior. It sits on a sandbar between Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota. The U.S. General Services Administration is offering the lighthouses through an online auction .