An
Oscoda Township Downtown Summit was recently held. The Summit was
held at the Warrior Pavilion of Ken Ratliff Memorial Park. According to
the Oscoda Press, participants gave feedback on topics including a
potential consolidated municipal services center. Township superintendent
Dave Schaefer said the Township has contracted with Rowe Professional
Services to evaluate the concept of a municipal center. The municipal
center would feature police and fire stations on half the property with
the other half occupied by township offices, library, senior center and
community center. Schaefer said since Oscoda is considered a low to
moderate income community, there would be grant funding available to pay
for the center.
A
supplemental summer food program has been put in place for families in
need in Oscoda County. The
supplemental summer food program is for families in the Crawford, Ogemaw,
Oscoda, Roscommon Intermediate School District. According to the Oscoda
County herald, families with children who receive free or reduced price
lunches are automatically enrolled in the summer program. Spokesperson Bob
Wheaton said parents should follow the directions included with the card
they received with their child's name on it in order to receive a monthly
stipend to help purchase healthy foods for their children. Wheaton said
the idea behind the program is that it is still important for children to
remain sufficiently fed throughout the summer, when they aren't in class.
The program runs until September 2nd.
On
Friday morning, just after midnight, officers from the Alcona County
Sheriff’s Office responded to a motorcycle crash on AuSable Road near
Sunny Lake Road in Mitchell Township. Aaron Werner, 50, of Wolverine, was
traveling southbound on AuSable Road when his motorcycle struck a deer in
the roadway. Werner lost control of his motorcycle, leaving the roadway
and ejecting him onto the shoulder of the road. Werner was transported by
Alcona EMS to Tawas St. Joseph Hospital for serious injuries he sustained
in part because he was not wearing a helmet. The investigation is ongoing
but alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash.
The
two-year-old girl missing in Oscoda County has been found. According to Up
North Live, Michigan State Police said Gabriella Roselynn Vitale was found
alive and well Tuesday morning. Investigators say Gabriella showed up on a
porch between a quarter and a half-mile west of where she went missing.
Vitale was reported missing Monday morning after her family said she
disappeared while they were packing up after a camping trip. Since Monday,
Oscoda County sheriff's deputies, Michigan State Police, K-9 teams, a
helicopter and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources searched a
wooded area near Reber road about three quarters of a mile west of M-33 in
Comins Township. The family is from the Monroe area and said they had been
camping since last week.
The
City of West Branch has added more parking. Parking spaces
have been restored on South Second and Third Streets. According to the
Ogemaw County Herald, parking had been removed in February 2017 when the
former City manager said the roads did not meet requirements from the
state to allow parking. The city risked losing funding through the
Michigan Transportation Fund is the spaces were not removed. Current City
Manager Frank Goodroe told the West Branch City council that he could not
find anything that said those spaces could not be there. Goodroe took
action to remove the restrictions which returns twelve parking spots on
South Second and Third Streets.
Tawas
City officials recently took action on a potential addition to Tawas City
Shoreline Park. Council members voted unanimously on the possible
addition of a performing arts center in the park. According to the Iosco
County News Herald, the city received two proposals to develop concept
designs for the center, which is intended to be situated near the existing
Town Square building. Mayor Ken Cook said officials aren't looking for
construction drawings, but concept drawings for the purpose of budgeting
and fundraising should the city decide to move forward with the project.
Council members voted to move forward with both proposals.
State
Representative Sue Allor will hold office hours tomorrow. Allor, of
Wolverine, will be at the Alcona County Library, Harrisville Branch, 307
West Main Street, Wednesday from 4:30-5:30pm. Allor said these local
office hours are a terrific way to keep open communication with the people
of the 106th District. Residents may also reach Allor at her
Lansing office by calling 517-373-0833.
Rose
City officials have scheduled numerous projects for the new fiscal year.
The city ended the previous fiscal year, June 30th, with a find balance of
just over $210,000 dollars. According to the Ogemaw County Herald, Rose
City Clerk Cindy Rosebrugh said they will focus on projects including the
overhaul of Harrington Street. The project will include working on the
gravel and ditches in preparation for the eventual paving of the road
within the next couple years. The project is expected to cost just over
$52,000 dollars. Another project will be cleaning the area behind the new
farmers market pavilion in order to put in a campground. Rosebrugh said
the city may also consider finding a deal for a new truck to plow with.
A
Thumb area library has planned an expansion project. The Columbia
Township Library in Unionville has planned a renovation project. According
to the Huron Daily Tribune, the library will be building a 4,370 foot
addition using the vacant lot at the north side of the building. The
renovation and expansion will allow for a dedicated children's area, space
for the library's collection to grow and expand and an entertainment area
that will serve as a hub for community activity with a room that can also
be rented. Funds for the project come from taxes generated from windmills
in Columbia Township. There will be no additional charges on property tax
bills. Work is expected to be completed by January.
The
application period for the Deer Private Land Assistance Network grant is
now open. The Deer PLAN is a cooperative grant program designed to fund
deer habitat improvement projects on private land in the northern Lower
Peninsula. This year, a total of $50,000 is available, with per-project
amounts ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. Awarded funds will be used for
tangible, on-the-ground efforts that improve deer habitat and provide
quality deer hunting locations. Landowners with property in Alcona,
Alpena, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda and Presque Isle counties are
encouraged to apply. Project applications are due September 1st and
successful applicants will be notified by October 1st. For an application
or more information visit Michigan Dot Gov Slash DNR.
The
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will hold a
town hall meeting tomorrow. The town hall will be held to discuss
PFAS contamination at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base and the
surrounding area. Representative Beth Place, said the purpose of the
meeting is to provide updates and discuss planned summer activities
related to the environmental response. State and local agencies will be
providing information. An open house will be held from 4-5:30pm, with the
town hall meeting scheduled from 6:30-8pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
5300 U.S. 23, Oscoda.
Oscoda
County's 9-1-1 Plan has been finalized. Sheriff Kevin
Grace said the previous 9-1-1 plan had not been updated in more than a
decade. According to the Oscoda County Herald, Grace said the new plan
lays out what services dispatch offers and explains in detail personnel
responsibilities and the equipment at its disposal. Grace said the
development of the plan was a lengthy process which began back in March.
Now that the plan is completed and the townships in the county have all
signed on, the next step is to send the new plan to the state 9-1-1 Board.
A
tank at Decorative Panels International caught fire Sunday afternoon in
Alpena. According to Up North Live, the plant is located on Ford Avenue.
Alpena City Fire Crews responded around 2:30pm to reports of thick, black
smoke coming from the facility. According to the Alpena City Fire Captain,
a clarifying tank in the back of the building caught fire when BIO-Plant
employees were cutting something above the tank, and some sludge inside
the tank caught fire. No injuries were reported.
The
Roscommon County Sheriff is highlighting the importance of putting unused
medication in a safe place for disposal. According to Up north Live, the
agency posted two pictures to its Facebook page Thursday showing how much
medication has been collected in one drug take-back box. The Sheriff’s
Department emptied the drug take-back box of unused drugs that didn’t end
up in local septic systems and drinking water. County officials said after
the medication is collected it is transported to an EPA approved
incineration center to be burned.
Arenac
County Central Dispatch is transitioning to the Peninsula Fiber Network.
Central Dispatch expects to be hooked up to the new system in the next two
to three months. According to the Arenac County Independent, Director
Yvonne King said the new network will allow residents to text 9-1-1. It
will also provide dispatchers the ability to transfer their phones to any
other entity hooked up to the Peninsula Fiber Network. King said testing
will be conducted once everything is set to ensure that the transition
will be seamless and residents will experience no issues. Funding for the
new system comes from the Central Dispatch Millage and Saginaw Chippewa
Tribe's two percent distribution funding.
Sanborn
Township in Alpena County was awarded a $220,000 Brownfield Redevelopment
Grant to revitalize and safely reuse a former gas station on US-23 South
near Ossineke’s main four corners. The contaminated property will be
redeveloped as a deli and post office with help from the Michigan
Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. Staff from the Gaylord
District Office investigated the groundwater and soil, and found gasoline
contamination from a leaking underground storage tank. The brownfield
grant will complement the Gaylord district staff’s work by funding
contaminated soil disposal, blighted building demolition, a vapor barrier
and a ventilation system to prevent exposure to harmful vapors. Stephan
Investments LLC will build a new deli and United States Post Office branch
at the location. The $300,000 redevelopment will create 12 new jobs.
The
National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued an excessive heat
warning in effect from noon today to 8pmSaturday. Temperatures are
expected to soar to dangerous levels through the weekend. Communities are
preparing by offering buildings as cooling centers and asking residents to
check in on family and neighbors. Officials are also concerned about smog,
which is exacerbated by the heat and makes it harder for certain groups of
people to breathe.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has named an energy-efficiency leader to join
Michigan's commission that regulates utilities and telecommunication
providers. Tremaine Phillips's appointment to the three-member Public
Service Commission was announced Wednesday. It will take effect unless the
state Senate disapproves. Phillips would succeed Norm Saari, whose term
expired two weeks ago. Phillips currently directs the Cincinnati 2030
District, which is working to reduce buildings' energy use, water
consumption and transportation emissions by 50% by the year 2030. He
formerly was vice president of strategic initiatives for an
energy-efficiency company in Ohio and briefly worked in the administration
of former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Authorities
say a man has died after being pinned under a slab of concrete that fell
on him while he was working on a porch. Officers with the Grand Blanc
Township Police Department learned that the 67-year-old man had been
trying to remove the concrete slab when it collapsed. An officer and
others quickly lifted the slab off the man and he was taken to a hospital,
where police said he died. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released.
Police Chief Ron Wiles described the man as a relative of the homeowner
and said what happened was a “tragic, freak accident.” The home is located
in Genesee County, near Flint. The death is under investigation.
The Michigan Supreme Court is considering the legality of Republican
lawmakers' unprecedented maneuver to significantly scale back minimum wage
increases and paid sick leave requirements that began as ballot drives.
Justices heard arguments Wednesday. Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud said
the Legislature's 2018 strategy was "outright" unconstitutional and a
"slap in the face to the people." A lawyer for the House and Senate said
nothing in the state constitution prevents the tactic
About
5,000 Consumers Energy customers in parts of Grand Rapids and East Grand
Rapids were without power for a couple of hours Wednesday evening. The
power went out shortly before 6 p.m. The initial restoration estimate was
8 p.m., but service actually came back around 8:30 p.m. for many.
Consumers reports that a truck accidentally snagged a low-hanging phone
line along Lyons Street near Houseman Avenue. That caused a utility pole
to shift and disrupted power lines. According to Consumers’ interactive
outage map, the outage stretched roughly to Michigan Avenue NE on the
north side from Plymouth Road SE on the east, Franklin Street SE on the
south and Paris Avenue SE on the west.
The Michigan Supreme Court has overturned a murder conviction in
Saginaw County, saying a judge questioned a witness like a prosecutor. The
court says a judge can ask questions during a trial. But the justices say
Judge Fred Borchard went too far. The court said the judge at one point
asked a witness to provide a bank statement and requested water bill
receipt. Justice Richard Bernstein says it wasn't Borchard's job to
"drill" into a defendant's alibi.
The growing awareness of sexual abuse by faith leaders is leading to an
unprecedented program for West Michigan. On Thursday, the YWCA in Grand
Rapids will hold its first group therapy session specifically for
survivors of sexual abuse by faith leaders. The YWCA started the group
because clients who were abused by church leaders felt they needed a
different type of therapy. The YWCA program is open to all genders. People
can share as much or as little as they would like.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' top leader has been
invited to speak at the NAACP convention in Detroit, marking the latest
sign of a burgeoning partnership between the two organizations. The
Utah-based faith said that president Russell M. Nelson will speak Sunday.
A lower level church leader spoke at the NAACP convention last year. The
two organizations had their official meeting between national leaders in
May 2018, calling afterward for greater racial harmony. The religion
barred blacks from the lay priesthood until 1978. That ban was rooted in
the belief that black skin was a curse, and lingers as one of the most
sensitive topics in the religion's history. Scholars estimate that blacks
make up about 3% of the 6.6 million church members in the U.S.
A
32-year-old Cadillac woman is dead after tubing on the Manistee River. She
reportedly got tangled up in inner tubes that were tied together and stuck
in a fallen tree. The current pulled her under water in Manton near the
Chippewa Landing Campground.
A Lansing man may owe his life to a group of runners who heard his
cries for help after he fell from a tree and impaled himself on a stump.
Police say the running group was in the Red Cedar Natural Area Saturday
when they heard his cries from a wooded area. There they discovered the
37-year-old man face down, with a small chunk of a tree sticking through
his shoulder. He told the group he was enjoying nature when he fell from a
tree the night before. He's expected to recover.
Sandusky,
Ohio Police say four Michiganders were taken to the hospital after
arriving on drugs and in medical distress at Cedar Point Tuesday
afternoon. Police say they are not sure what the two men and two women
took before they arrived at the amusement park. Cedar Point's medical team
assisted until the four were taken to a local hospital by ambulance. Their
names and conditions have not been released as Sandusky Police continue to
investigate.
A
Detroit police officer due in court today on charges of threatening two
women with traffic tickets unless they provided him with their phone
numbers. Wayne County Prosecutor's Office filed misconduct in office
charges against 32-year-old Dmitri Searcy in connection to a pair of
traffic stops last summer in downtown Detroit. Searcy is accused of
telling each woman to provide their phone numbers to avoid a traffic
ticket or having their car impounded. After complying, officials say the
victims began receiving unwanted calls and texts from Searcy. He faces up
to five years in prison if convicted.
The city of Portland and Ionia County won't be getting any money from
the state for flood damage caused earlier this year. Ice jams caused the
Grand River to overflow last February and an ice storm knocked down trees
and power lines. The Whitmer admiistration denied a request for state aid.
Portland City Manager Tutt Gorman says they are disappointed with the
decision and will take steps to request reconsideration
Greta
Van Fleet reported to be to be back in the studio recording their next
full length album. The hard rock band out of Frankenmuth also said to be
working with renown songwriter and producer Greg Kurstin, who's worked
with big name hitmakers including the Foo Fighters, Beck and Paul
McCartney among others. Greta Van Fleet's official spokeperson isn't
commenting on the band's recording or the album, which is expected to drop
by the end of the year.
The
U.S. Coast Guard has set new rules for vessels passing through the Straits
of Mackinac. The Coast Guard established two safety zones around vessels
conducting geo-technical investigations and they want other vessels to
stay away from them for safety reasons. The new safety zone is west of the
Mackinac Bridge.
A
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee is charged with sexually abusing a
child in Chippewa County. Adam Pelinski is charged with five second degree
sex crime charges involving a minor. He's also accused of second degree
child abuse and assault in 2014 and 2015 in Sault Ste. Marie. Customs and
Border Patrol has placed Pelinski on paid administrative leave and
released a statement saying they do not tolerate corruption or abuse
within their ranks.
A
federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a former lawmaker who resigned
over a sex scandal. Todd Courser had accused former House leaders of
conspiring to remove him from office and subject him to criminal charges.
U.S. District Judge Gordon Quist ruled that Courser's claim of a
conspiracy "is not only implausible, but absurd on its face." Courser
resigned in 2015, while another legislator he had an affair with, Cindy
Gamrat, was expelled. Courser had asked an aide to send a false, sexually
explicit email to thousands of fellow Republicans as a trick so his affair
with Gamrat would not be believed if it was revealed by an extortionist.
The
St. Clair County Sheriff's Office Marine Division and dive team will
resume search efforts today for the body of a man believed to have drowned
in the St. Clair River Friday night. Sheriff Tim Donnellon tells WPHM the
incident occurred just north of St. Clair around 8:30 Friday evening. 21
year old Riley Gleason of St. Clair Township was one of three individuals
on a boat and reportedly jumped off the boat to take a swim in the river.
Donnellon says witnesses saw him swimming in the water just north of the
boardwalk in St. Clair but that he eventually went under due to the
current. Search crews were on the scene both Saturday and Sunday but were
unable to locate Gleason, and will return to the scene again today.
-Also-
A man drowned Sunday in the Menominee River in the Upper Peninsula.
W-L-U-C reports it happened just south of Faithorn, according to the
Menominee County Sheriff's Department.
There
was another gun store robbery in west Michigan on Sunday, the fourth in
the past week. Long Range Archery and Firearms in Holland Township was the
latest target at about 5 Sunday morning. The Ottawa County Sheriff's
Office says several firearms were stolen. They say there were as many as
four suspects seen driving a dark colored SUV. Gun shop robberies also
occurred in Cascade Township, Kentwood and Sparta in the past week...the
latter two early Sunday morning. Anyone with information should call
Silent Observer.
Police
in Sault Ste. Marie are investigating an apparent murder-suicide. Police
say a man shot and killed his wife and then himself outside Medilodge
which forced it to go on lockdown. The woman was a resident there.
A
northern Michigan man, John O'Connor, of Grayling, has been sentenced to
31 to 50 years in prison for killing his estranged girlfriend, Michelle
Kukulski, in December of 2017. O' Connor, who beat Kukulski with a can of
yams, says he doesn't know what happened , but that he did it. He says
anxiety turned into fear which turned into something he couldn't control.
He was convicted of second degree murder.
There
are some new rules to stop the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer
by the state department of natural resources. The new regulations continue
a ban on baiting and feeding in the lower peninsula and expands the ban to
the UP's Core CWD Surveillance Area. A four point antler restriction is
going into effect for Mecosta, Montcalm, and Ionia Counties.
ICE acting director testifies to House Appropriations subcommittee
(1pm ET)
National Intern Day, for employers 'to recognize and celebrate all
of the hard-working interns across the nation'
Joe Biden on campaign trail in Indiana
Joe Sestak on campaign trail in Iowa
Pete Buttigieg attends Los Angeles reception
U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria (10am ET)
Court hearing for judge accused of helping illegal immigrant
escape courthouse
Final status conference for Newton, MA, District Court Judge
Shelley Richmond Joseph, on pending counts including conspiracy to
obstruct justice and aiding and abetting, for alleged role in helping an
illegal immigrant escape from courthouse.
U.S. reveals first set of GDP data for Q2 2019 (8:30am ET)
Twitter Q2 earnings
House of Representatives breaks for Labor Day / summer District
Work Period
National Urban League Conference
Speakers including 2020 Democratic presidential candidates former Vice
President Joe Biden, Sens. Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar,
New York Mayor Bill di Blasio, South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Rep.
Tim Ryan, and former Rep. John Delaney
Jill Biden on campaign trail for husband Joe in New Mexico
NLC 2020 presidential candidate forum
With Sen. Cory Booker and former Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development Julian Castro
Every year, tons of trash is illegally dumped in
Michigan's forests. Want to help clean it up? Join the
Adopt-a-Forest program and help to keep our
woods, water and trails beautiful.
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Campground, or Hurricane River Campground? These campgrounds now
require reservations, after years of a "first come, first served" policy.
Since visitation has nearly doubled in the last few years during the summer months
reservations can now be made at
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LOCAL NEWS for THU 18JUL19
An
Oscoda Township Downtown Summit was recently held. The Summit was
held at the Warrior Pavilion of Ken Ratliff Memorial Park. According to
the Oscoda Press, participants gave feedback on topics including a
potential consolidated municipal services center. Township superintendent
Dave Schaefer said the Township has contracted with Rowe Professional
Services to evaluate the concept of a municipal center. The municipal
center would feature police and fire stations on half the property with
the other half occupied by township offices, library, senior center and
community center. Schaefer said since Oscoda is considered a low to
moderate income community, there would be grant funding available to pay
for the center.
A
supplemental summer food program has been put in place for families in
need in Oscoda County. .JPG)
On
Friday morning, just after midnight, officers from the Alcona County
Sheriff’s Office responded to a motorcycle crash on AuSable Road near
Sunny Lake Road in Mitchell Township. Aaron Werner, 50, of Wolverine, was
traveling southbound on AuSable Road when his motorcycle struck a deer in
the roadway. Werner lost control of his motorcycle, leaving the roadway
and ejecting him onto the shoulder of the road. Werner was transported by
Alcona EMS to Tawas St. Joseph Hospital for serious injuries he sustained
in part because he was not wearing a helmet. The investigation is ongoing
but alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash. 
The
two-year-old girl missing in Oscoda County has been found. According to Up
North Live, Michigan State Police said Gabriella Roselynn Vitale was found
alive and well Tuesday morning. Investigators say Gabriella showed up on a
porch between a quarter and a half-mile west of where she went missing.
Vitale was reported missing Monday morning after her family said she
disappeared while they were packing up after a camping trip. Since Monday,
Oscoda County sheriff's deputies, Michigan State Police, K-9 teams, a
helicopter and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources searched a
wooded area near Reber road about three quarters of a mile west of M-33 in
Comins Township. The family is from the Monroe area and said they had been
camping since last week.
The
City of West Branch has added more parking. 
Tawas
City officials recently took action on a potential addition to Tawas City
Shoreline Park. Council members voted unanimously on the possible
addition of a performing arts center in the park. According to the Iosco
County News Herald, the city received two proposals to develop concept
designs for the center, which is intended to be situated near the existing
Town Square building. Mayor Ken Cook said officials aren't looking for
construction drawings, but concept drawings for the purpose of budgeting
and fundraising should the city decide to move forward with the project.
Council members voted to move forward with both proposals. 
State
Representative Sue Allor will hold office hours tomorrow. Allor, of
Wolverine, will be at the Alcona County Library, Harrisville Branch, 307
West Main Street, Wednesday from 4:30-5:30pm. Allor said these local
office hours are a terrific way to keep open communication with the people
of the 106th District. Residents may also reach Allor at her
Lansing office by calling 517-373-0833.
Rose
City officials have scheduled numerous projects for the new fiscal year.
The city ended the previous fiscal year, June 30th, with a find balance of
just over $210,000 dollars. According to the Ogemaw County Herald, Rose
City Clerk Cindy Rosebrugh said they will focus on projects including the
overhaul of Harrington Street. The project will include working on the
gravel and ditches in preparation for the eventual paving of the road
within the next couple years. The project is expected to cost just over
$52,000 dollars. Another project will be cleaning the area behind the new
farmers market pavilion in order to put in a campground. Rosebrugh said
the city may also consider finding a deal for a new truck to plow with.
A
Thumb area library has planned an expansion project. The Columbia
Township Library in Unionville has planned a renovation project. According
to the Huron Daily Tribune, the library will be building a 4,370 foot
addition using the vacant lot at the north side of the building. The
renovation and expansion will allow for a dedicated children's area, space
for the library's collection to grow and expand and an entertainment area
that will serve as a hub for community activity with a room that can also
be rented. Funds for the project come from taxes generated from windmills
in Columbia Township. There will be no additional charges on property tax
bills. Work is expected to be completed by January. 
The
application period for the Deer Private Land Assistance Network grant is
now open. The Deer PLAN is a cooperative grant program designed to fund
deer habitat improvement projects on private land in the northern Lower
Peninsula. This year, a total of $50,000 is available, with per-project
amounts ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. Awarded funds will be used for
tangible, on-the-ground efforts that improve deer habitat and provide
quality deer hunting locations. Landowners with property in Alcona,
Alpena, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda and Presque Isle counties are
encouraged to apply. Project applications are due September 1st and
successful applicants will be notified by October 1st. For an application
or more information visit Michigan Dot Gov Slash DNR.
The
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will hold a
town hall meeting tomorrow. The town hall will be held to discuss
PFAS contamination at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base and the
surrounding area. Representative Beth Place, said the purpose of the
meeting is to provide updates and discuss planned summer activities
related to the environmental response. State and local agencies will be
providing information. An open house will be held from 4-5:30pm, with the
town hall meeting scheduled from 6:30-8pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
5300 U.S. 23, Oscoda. 
Oscoda
County's 9-1-1 Plan has been finalized. .JPG)
A
tank at Decorative Panels International caught fire Sunday afternoon in
Alpena. According to Up North Live, the plant is located on Ford Avenue.
Alpena City Fire Crews responded around 2:30pm to reports of thick, black
smoke coming from the facility. According to the Alpena City Fire Captain,
a clarifying tank in the back of the building caught fire when BIO-Plant
employees were cutting something above the tank, and some sludge inside
the tank caught fire. No injuries were reported. .JPG)
The
Roscommon County Sheriff is highlighting the importance of putting unused
medication in a safe place for disposal. According to Up north Live, the
agency posted two pictures to its Facebook page Thursday showing how much
medication has been collected in one drug take-back box. The Sheriff’s
Department emptied the drug take-back box of unused drugs that didn’t end
up in local septic systems and drinking water. County officials said after
the medication is collected it is transported to an EPA approved
incineration center to be burned..JPG)
Arenac
County Central Dispatch is transitioning to the Peninsula Fiber Network.
Central Dispatch expects to be hooked up to the new system in the next two
to three months. According to the Arenac County Independent, Director
Yvonne King said the new network will allow residents to text 9-1-1. It
will also provide dispatchers the ability to transfer their phones to any
other entity hooked up to the Peninsula Fiber Network. King said testing
will be conducted once everything is set to ensure that the transition
will be seamless and residents will experience no issues. Funding for the
new system comes from the Central Dispatch Millage and Saginaw Chippewa
Tribe's two percent distribution funding. 
The
National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued an excessive heat
warning in effect from noon today to 8pmSaturday. Temperatures are
expected to soar to dangerous levels through the weekend. Communities are
preparing by offering buildings as cooling centers and asking residents to
check in on family and neighbors. Officials are also concerned about smog,
which is exacerbated by the heat and makes it harder for certain groups of
people to breathe.%20Mike%20Schwan-Storm%20Cleanup%2013JUN13.JPG)
About
5,000 Consumers Energy customers in parts of Grand Rapids and East Grand
Rapids were without power for a couple of hours Wednesday evening. The
power went out shortly before 6 p.m. The initial restoration estimate was
8 p.m., but service actually came back around 8:30 p.m. for many.
Consumers reports that a truck accidentally snagged a low-hanging phone
line along Lyons Street near Houseman Avenue. That caused a utility pole
to shift and disrupted power lines. According to Consumers’ interactive
outage map, the outage stretched roughly to Michigan Avenue NE on the
north side from Plymouth Road SE on the east, Franklin Street SE on the
south and Paris Avenue SE on the west.
A
32-year-old Cadillac woman is dead after tubing on the Manistee River. She
reportedly got tangled up in inner tubes that were tied together and stuck
in a fallen tree. The current pulled her under water in Manton near the
Chippewa Landing Campground. 
Sandusky,
Ohio Police say four Michiganders were taken to the hospital after
arriving on drugs and in medical distress at Cedar Point Tuesday
afternoon. Police say they are not sure what the two men and two women
took before they arrived at the amusement park. Cedar Point's medical team
assisted until the four were taken to a local hospital by ambulance. Their
names and conditions have not been released as Sandusky Police continue to
investigate. 
A
Detroit police officer due in court today on charges of threatening two
women with traffic tickets unless they provided him with their phone
numbers. Wayne County Prosecutor's Office filed misconduct in office
charges against 32-year-old Dmitri Searcy in connection to a pair of
traffic stops last summer in downtown Detroit. Searcy is accused of
telling each woman to provide their phone numbers to avoid a traffic
ticket or having their car impounded. After complying, officials say the
victims began receiving unwanted calls and texts from Searcy. He faces up
to five years in prison if convicted.
Greta
Van Fleet reported to be to be back in the studio recording their next
full length album. The hard rock band out of Frankenmuth also said to be
working with renown songwriter and producer Greg Kurstin, who's worked
with big name hitmakers including the Foo Fighters, Beck and Paul
McCartney among others. Greta Van Fleet's official spokeperson isn't
commenting on the band's recording or the album, which is expected to drop
by the end of the year.
The
U.S. Coast Guard has set new rules for vessels passing through the Straits
of Mackinac. The Coast Guard established two safety zones around vessels
conducting geo-technical investigations and they want other vessels to
stay away from them for safety reasons. The new safety zone is west of the
Mackinac Bridge.
A
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee is charged with sexually abusing a
child in Chippewa County. Adam Pelinski is charged with five second degree
sex crime charges involving a minor. He's also accused of second degree
child abuse and assault in 2014 and 2015 in Sault Ste. Marie. Customs and
Border Patrol has placed Pelinski on paid administrative leave and
released a statement saying they do not tolerate corruption or abuse
within their ranks.
A
federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a former lawmaker who resigned
over a sex scandal. Todd Courser had accused former House leaders of
conspiring to remove him from office and subject him to criminal charges.
U.S. District Judge Gordon Quist ruled that Courser's claim of a
conspiracy "is not only implausible, but absurd on its face." Courser
resigned in 2015, while another legislator he had an affair with, Cindy
Gamrat, was expelled. Courser had asked an aide to send a false, sexually
explicit email to thousands of fellow Republicans as a trick so his affair
with Gamrat would not be believed if it was revealed by an extortionist..JPG)
The
St. Clair County Sheriff's Office Marine Division and dive team will
resume search efforts today for the body of a man believed to have drowned
in the St. Clair River Friday night. Sheriff Tim Donnellon tells WPHM the
incident occurred just north of St. Clair around 8:30 Friday evening. 21
year old Riley Gleason of St. Clair Township was one of three individuals
on a boat and reportedly jumped off the boat to take a swim in the river.
Donnellon says witnesses saw him swimming in the water just north of the
boardwalk in St. Clair but that he eventually went under due to the
current. Search crews were on the scene both Saturday and Sunday but were
unable to locate Gleason, and will return to the scene again today. 
There
was another gun store robbery in west Michigan on Sunday, the fourth in
the past week. Long Range Archery and Firearms in Holland Township was the
latest target at about 5 Sunday morning. The Ottawa County Sheriff's
Office says several firearms were stolen. They say there were as many as
four suspects seen driving a dark colored SUV. Gun shop robberies also
occurred in Cascade Township, Kentwood and Sparta in the past week...the
latter two early Sunday morning. Anyone with information should call
Silent Observer. .JPG)
Police
in Sault Ste. Marie are investigating an apparent murder-suicide. Police
say a man shot and killed his wife and then himself outside Medilodge
which forced it to go on lockdown. The woman was a resident there.
A
northern Michigan man, John O'Connor, of Grayling, has been sentenced to
31 to 50 years in prison for killing his estranged girlfriend, Michelle
Kukulski, in December of 2017. O' Connor, who beat Kukulski with a can of
yams, says he doesn't know what happened , but that he did it. He says
anxiety turned into fear which turned into something he couldn't control.
He was convicted of second degree murder.
There
are some new rules to stop the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer
by the state department of natural resources. The new regulations continue
a ban on baiting and feeding in the lower peninsula and expands the ban to
the UP's Core CWD Surveillance Area. A four point antler restriction is
going into effect for Mecosta, Montcalm, and Ionia Counties.
Thursday,
July 18, 2019
Tired
of the mad dash to get a good camping spot at Pictured
Rocks National Lakeshore at Little Beaver Lake Campground, Twelve Mile
Campground, or Hurricane River Campground? These campgrounds now
require reservations, after years of a "first come, first served" policy.
Since visitation has nearly doubled in the last few years during the summer months
reservations can now be made at
