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Sturgeon for Tomorrow needs volunteers to protect fish along Black River
Read full article: Sturgeon for Tomorrow needs volunteers to protect fish along Black RiverSturgeon for Tomorrow is looking for volunteers to stand guard as mature lake sturgeon travel upstream to spawning sites along the Black River.
Michigan DNR cancels 2024 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season due to lack of safe ice
Read full article: Michigan DNR cancels 2024 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season due to lack of safe iceThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources has canceled the 2024 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season due to a lack of safe ice on the lake.
Volunteers needed to stand guard, protect Northern Michigan sturgeon during spawning season
Read full article: Volunteers needed to stand guard, protect Northern Michigan sturgeon during spawning seasonSturgeon 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.
Michigan man accused of reckless, intoxicated driving after substances found at crash scene
Read full article: Michigan man accused of reckless, intoxicated driving after substances found at crash sceneA Michigan man is facing charges of reckless and intoxicated driving after police found substances at the scene where he crashed into a tree, according to authorities.
Tired of your desk job? You could work atop the Mackinac Bridge instead
Read full article: Tired of your desk job? You could work atop the Mackinac Bridge insteadThe Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is hiring, and not the position you might expect, workers are needed to work on top of the Mackinac Bridge.
Michigan Lottery: 30-year-old man wins $6M on scratch off ticket, sets new state record
Read full article: Michigan Lottery: 30-year-old man wins $6M on scratch off ticket, sets new state recordA Michigan resident goes down in history winning the largest prize ever from a scratch-off ticket, winning $6 million from Michigan Lottery’s new $300,000,000 Diamond Riches game.
Blood results thrown out; DUI suspect’s name wasn’t on order
Read full article: Blood results thrown out; DUI suspect’s name wasn’t on orderGlassy eyes, poor balance, a large open can of beer: Police in northern Michigan figured they had a strong case of drunken driving, especially after they needed a boat to haul a man out of the Indian River in 2020.
Michigan Lottery: Man wins largest instant game prize in state history
Read full article: Michigan Lottery: Man wins largest instant game prize in state historyA Michigan resident goes down in history winning the largest prize ever from a scratch-off ticket, winning $6 million from Michigan Lottery’s new $300,000,000 Diamond Riches game.
3 Mackinaw City hotels accused of deception: Closed rooms, worse amenities, bogus cancellation policy
Read full article: 3 Mackinaw City hotels accused of deception: Closed rooms, worse amenities, bogus cancellation policyThree hotels in Mackinaw City are accused of deceiving customers with a bogus cancellation policy and by advertising rooms and amenities that turned out to be unavailable when travelers arrived, according to the attorney general.
Michigan man charged with criminal sexual conduct for encounters with girl under 13
Read full article: Michigan man charged with criminal sexual conduct for encounters with girl under 13A Michigan man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct after he had “several sexual encounters” with a girl under 13 years old, police said.
Northern Michigan man arrested for assault, accused of chasing people with axe
Read full article: Northern Michigan man arrested for assault, accused of chasing people with axeCHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. – An Afton man was arrested for assault after he was accused of chasing people with an axe. Police said Leese had injuries to his face and hands and appeared to be intoxicated. Witnesses reported that Leese had gotten into an argument with another man and assaulted a woman. The victims fled the home with children in the vehicle, police said. AdLeese was arraigned Monday on five counts assault with a dangerous weapon, one count second-degree child abuse, one count domestic violence, one count assault and battery, and one count malicious destruction of personal property less than $200.
3 Detroit residents arrested after meth, fentanyl sold to undercover officials
Read full article: 3 Detroit residents arrested after meth, fentanyl sold to undercover officialsWOLVERINE, Mich. – Three Detroit residents were arrested earlier this week after methamphetamine and fentanyl were sold to undercover officials. Hariston is charged with conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and conspiracy to deliver fentanyl. Bennett is charged with conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine, delivery of methamphetamine, conspiracy to deliver fentanyl and delivery of fentanyl. McAfee is charged with conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and conspiracy to deliver fentanyl. He also received a habitual offender -- fourth offense notice, which carries a possible life sentence.
Northern Michigan man accused of choking ex-girlfriend, shooting hole in door with rifle
Read full article: Northern Michigan man accused of choking ex-girlfriend, shooting hole in door with rifleCHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. - A northern Michigan man is facing charges after he allegedly choked his ex-girlfriend, threw glass bottles at her and shot a hole through a door. Andrew Baker, 34, of Cheboygan, told police he had been arguing with his ex-girlfriend over his children. Baker's ex-girlfriend, who was in the home, told police he wouldn't leave. She said Baker started drinking, became intoxicated and started breaking objects, police said. Baker also allegedly threw bottles at the woman, choked her several times and shot a hole in the front door, police said.
Drunk Michigan woman arrested after driving wrong way on I-75
Read full article: Drunk Michigan woman arrested after driving wrong way on I-75The driver was arrested for operating while intoxicated and having open intoxicants in the vehicle. (WDIV)CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. - A Michigan woman was arrested this week after driving the wrong way on I-75 while intoxicated, police say. Gaylord troopers responded to a wrong way driver heading northbound on I-75 in the southbound lanes in Cheboygan County Thursday evening. Callers said the vehicle was at mile marker 288 and later near mile marker 294. Troopers located the vehicle at the 301 mile marker as it approached them head-on in the southbound lane.
Police: 3 arrested on I-75 while transporting meth, cocaine, fentanyl from Metro Detroit
Read full article: Police: 3 arrested on I-75 while transporting meth, cocaine, fentanyl from Metro DetroitThree 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.