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Northern Michigan paper mill fire burning for days, help from southeast counties arranged
Read full article: Northern Michigan paper mill fire burning for days, help from southeast counties arrangedFirefighters and equipment from Oakland, Macomb, and Livingston Counties are being deployed to a Northern Michigan paper mill fire that has been burning for four days.
Ex-Menominee County deputy faces Dec. sentencing after plea deal in sex assault case
Read full article: Ex-Menominee County deputy faces Dec. sentencing after plea deal in sex assault caseMENOMINEE, Mich. โ A former sheriffโs deputy accused in the sexual assault of a teenage boy in Michiganโs Upper Peninsula has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Brian W. Helfert of Menominee pleaded guilty in court Friday to attempted accosting for immoral purposes, which carries a penalty of up to two years. โI wish to plead guilty, your honor,โ Helfert said in court, according to The EagleHerald in Marinette, Wisconsin. He also acknowledged โinappropriateโ statements made to the teenage victim who he knew through his assignment as a Menominee County juvenile crime investigator and school resource officer. Helfert was fired from the Menominee County Sheriffโs Department in December 2019.