Participants — who must be certified divers — draw the design of their pumpkins on the surface, then take them anywhere from 5 to 10 feet underwater to carve them.

MARATHON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 33-year-old man was killed early Saturday morning after crashing his vehicle into a tree in Lapeer County. Lapeer County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene just after midnight on Dec. 14 on North Lake Road, south of Castle Road in Otter Lake (Marathon Township). Police said 33-year-old Adam Dolmage from Otter Lake was the lone occupant and driver of a 2009 Nissan Sentra traveling north on North Lake Road. Northbound traffic encounters a posted curved roadway (right for northbound motorist) between Briggs Road and Castle Road. Lifesaving efforts were immediately started at the scene and continued to McLaren in Lapeer Emergency Division.