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The Porcupine Mountains Ontonagon Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (PMCVB) has announced the winner of its recent Snowy Splendor Sweepstakes. Jill Senkerik of Green Bay was selected as the winner of the sweepstakes. She will receive a two-night stay at the AmericInn Lodge & Suites Silver City, a state of Michigan park pass …

A Gwinn woman is in custody after allegedly attempting to break into a Forsyth Township home with an axe. Police say 46-year-old Joie Lee Graves damaged a window, picked up an axe, and tried to chop her way into the residence of a male subject who refused to let her …

An Iron Mountain teenager is fighting for her life after a two vehicle crash. The accident happened in Pembine, Wisconsin on U.S. HWY 141 on Sunday afternoon. The girl was trapped in her vehicle, extricated and flown to St. Vincent’s hospital in Green Bay. The girl reportedly crossed the center …

A Gwinn man is facing a felony charge after police say he choked his girlfriend. 29-year-old Brandon James Strohm was arrested last week after Forsyth Police responded to a Domestic Violence. Police say Strohm allegedly assaulted his 26-year-old girlfriend by choking her. Strohm was charged in Marquette County District Court …

The effort to smoke out meth labs in the Upper Peninsula continues. The Forsyth Township Police and the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team discovered another active Meth lab last week. The person who contacted police said she found the lab in the basement. Police discovered a one pot Meth lab …

No injuries were reported after a plane crash on Mackinac Island over the weekend. Island police say the small plane went down Saturday afternoon at the Mackinac Island Airport as the pilot was flying back from St. Ignace. Police blame the accident on an equipment failure when its landing gear …

A homeowner will not face charges in the shooting death of a 19-year old man during a home invasion in Menominee County last November. Sheriffs Deputies say Hayden Gagnon of Pulaski, Wisconsin and two other men broke into the Mellen Township home through the attached garage. He was shot repeatedly …

The three youth detention centers in Michigan are again up for closure in the current state budget. Bay Pines Center in Escanaba, Shawono Center in Grayling and Maxey Boys Training School in Whitmore Lake struggle each year for funding. State Representative Ed McBroom of Vulcan says that’s because there is …

When lawmakers return to Lansing next week, they’ll resume work on the 2016 budget, including higher education funding. The Michigan House and Senate have different versions, with the Senate so far agreeing with the Governor’s proposal which increases funding two percent, but the House cutting that in half, to just …

It’s marketed at “Palcohol.”   And it has some parents and others worried. Essentially, it’s powdered alcohol. Just add water and ‘voila.’   Instant alcohol. It’s not readily available in the US, but a Grand Ledge lawmaker has launched an effort to outlaw it in Michigan before it can hit the store shelves. State …