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Meth found in purse of Michigan mother suspected of driving drunk with her 2 kids in car, police say
Read full article: Meth found in purse of Michigan mother suspected of driving drunk with her 2 kids in car, police sayOfficials said they found methamphetamine in the purse of a Michigan mother who is suspected of driving drunk with her two children in the car.
Metro Detroit weather: Arctic cold front approaching; Monday snow storm update
Read full article: Metro Detroit weather: Arctic cold front approaching; Monday snow storm updateHowever, a gusty northwest wind at 10 to 20 mph will keep wind chills well down in the teens (-11 degrees Celsius). Highs in the upper 20s (-2 degrees Celsius) won’t be too hard to take if we can keep that sunshine. Highs near 30 degrees (-1 degrees Celsius). Monday storm updateI’m starting to see a bit of trending toward a more common solution in the overnight computer models, and our Monday storm now looks more like a Monday night storm. I think most of the day Monday will be dry, with perhaps some snow developing late in the day near the state line.
Take a look inside popular bar, other businesses that just reopened in Northern Michigan
Read full article: Take a look inside popular bar, other businesses that just reopened in Northern MichiganHOUGHTON LAKE, Mich. Northern Michigan got the green light to reopen Friday, and we took a firsthand look inside a popular bar and several other businesses. Local 4s Rod Meloni checked out a popular restaurant and bar in Prudenville and some other businesses in Houghton Lake. Friday was just what the doctor ordered up north, with bright sunshine, 75-degree weather and drinks with umbrellas in them. Servers were wearing masks, but customers didnt have to, as long as they kept their six-foot distance from other groups. Houghton Lake business owners started getting the town back to Memorial Day business as best as they could.
Michiganders head up north after Gov. Whitmer loosens restrictions
Read full article: Michiganders head up north after Gov. Whitmer loosens restrictionsHOUGHTON LAKE, Mich. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday that she is partially reopening businesses and lifting medical restrictions across the entire state. RELATED: VIDEO: Traverse City bars reopen at midnight as loosened restrictions beginMany Michiganders are expected to head up north for Memorial Day Weekend as nearly 20 counties reopen for business Friday. READ: Michigan Gov. "Im going to go fishing and Im not going to do work.The weather cooperated Friday.
Photos show snowmobiles that fell through thin ice on Houghton Lake
Read full article: Photos show snowmobiles that fell through thin ice on Houghton LakeROSCOMMON COUNTY, Mich. – On Sunday at around 12:40 p.m. officers from the Michigan State Police Houghton Lake Post responded to an address on Holly Avenue in Prudenville where a snowmobile had gone through the ice on the East Bay of Houghton Lake. The rider was not injured and refused medical treatment. Shortly after, two more snowmobiles went through the ice about 1,000 feet south of the same area.
Wrong-way driver tells Michigan State Police he was drinking whiskey while driving
Read full article: Wrong-way driver tells Michigan State Police he was drinking whiskey while drivingHOUGHTON LAKE, Mich. - When police stopped a man for traveling the wrong way on a freeway in Houghton Lake on Sunday, the driver told troopers he was drinking whiskey as he drove home. According to Michigan State Police, the 64-year-old man was driving back to Lincoln Park from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He told police he had been drinking until he was stopped by troopers about 7:20 p.m.Police received several calls about the man before stopping him. According to police, he was seen driving north erratically on southbound US-127. He was stopped while leaving a Sunoco gas station in Houghton Lake.
Man head-butts Michigan State Police trooper, damages patrol vehicle after breaking into motel
Read full article: Man head-butts Michigan State Police trooper, damages patrol vehicle after breaking into motelHOUGHTON LAKE, Mich. - A man head-butted a Michigan State Police trooper, spit on troopers and damaged a patrol vehicle after breaking into a motel and assaulting a man with a knife, authorities said. Police said the 48-year-old man kicked in the door of a motel at 9052 W. Houghton Lake Drive in Houghton Lake, where he is a resident, about 6 p.m. Monday and assaulted the man. When police tried to arrest the 48-year-old man, he head-butted a trooper, and there was a struggle that resulted in the vehicle getting damaged and the man's nose being injured. Police said that once the man was inside the patrol vehicle, he spit on troopers and tried to kick out the front windshield. The man was charged with first-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, malicious destruction of police property and assaulting and resisting a police officer.