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07/03/2025

Good morning- here is the NEWS 7-3-25

*Hazy skies with a few clouds this morning, then sunny this afternoon. Highs around 80.

-IN EMMET COUNTY, A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY WAS KILLED IN A REPORTED CAR CRASH. DEPUTIES SAY IT HAPPENED ON SAND ROAD IN MAPLE RIVER TOWNSHIP, TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID THE DRIVER IS A LOCAL 50–YEAR OLD MAN BUT NOT MANY DETAILS ARE BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE FAMILY. ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE CRASH IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN PETOSKEY.

-IN LANSING, THE STATE LEGISLATURE FAILED TO PASS A K – 12 SCHOOL BUDGET THIS WEEK, BREAKING A PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED DEADLINE AND YEARS OF PRECEDENT. THE LACK OF AN AGREEMENT IS LEAVING EDUCATORS IN THE DARK ON THEIR FINANCES FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR. JULY 1ST MARKED THE START OF THE NEW ACCOUNTING YEAR FOR SCHOOLS. MORE THAN $20 BILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING REMAINS UNCERTAIN DUE TO DISPUTES BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED SENATE AND THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE. STATE LAWMAKERS ARE NOW ON SUMMER BREAK AND ARE NOT SET TO RETURN UNTIL JULY 15TH.

-MEANWHILE, A PROPOSAL TO GIVE THE CITY OF MACKINAC ISLAND MORE CONTROL OVER THE COSTS OF FERRY TRANSPORT PASSED THE STATE SENATE THIS WEEK WITH STRONG BI–PARTISAN SUPPORT. SHEPLER’S AND ARNOLD TRANSIT ARE BOTH OWNED BY FLORIDA–BASED HOFFMAN MARINE. THEY REQUESTED AN INCREASE IN TICKET PRICES LATE LAST YEAR, BUT WERE DENIED BY THE MACKINAC ISLAND CITY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, THE FERRY LINES HAVE RAISED PARKING FEES ON THE MAINLAND THIS SEASON. ISLAND OFFICIALS SAY THE FERRY LINES ARE NOW OPERATING AS MONOPOLY. SENATE BILL 304 IS HEADED TO THE HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION.

-MACKINAC ISLAND WILL ATTEMPT TO BREAK A WORLD–RECORD THIS AFTERNOON. “SKIP THE STRAITS” IS A NEW EVENT THIS YEAR WITH PARTICIPANTS SKIPPING A BALL AROUND THE ISLAND, WHILE STANDING IN THE WATER. IT STARTS AT 1:00 P.M. AT WINDERMERE POINT AND ENDS UP AT MISSION POINT. THE TRADITIONAL STONE SKIPPING COMPETITION STILL TAKES PLACE FRIDAY.

-WHILE MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE THEIR FIREWORKS DISPLAYS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, SOME ARE SCHEDULED TONIGHT. FIREWORKS ON TAP TONIGHT INCLUDE A CELEBRATION AT BAY HARBOR THAT INCLUDES A PERFORMANCE BY THE PETOSKEY STEEL DRUM BAND….IN THE EASTERN U.P. TONIGHT THE LES CHENEAUX AREA WILL HAVE LIVE MUSIC AND A JERSEY MUD EATING CONTEST BEFORE THE FIREWORKS IN CEDARVILLE….OTHER FIREWORKS TONIGHT INCLUDE: THE MULLET LAKE COUNTRY CLUB, SHANTY CREEK IN BELLAIRE, AND TORCH LAKE

-NO ONE MATCHED ALL THE NUMBERS IN LAST NIGHT’S POWERBALL. THAT JACKPOT GROWS TO $190 MILLION ON SATURDAY. FRIDAY’S MEG A MILLIONS IS WORTH $60 MILLION.

-MLB….TIGERS AND NATIONALS ENDED UP SPLITTING THEIR TWO GAMES YESTERDAY. IN GAME ONE, RILEY GREENE HIT TWO, THREE–RUN HOMERS AS DETROIT CRUISED TO AN 11 TO 2 VICTORY. BUT, IN THE NIGHT CAP, WASHINGTON RALLIED IN THE EIGHTH TO BEAT THE TIGERS, 9 TO 4. DETROIT (54 – 33) WRAPS UP THE SERIES IN D.C. TONIGHT. DIETRICH ENNS GETS THE START. FIRST PITCH IS 6:45 P.M…...THREE TIGERS HAVE BEEN VOTED AS STARTERS FOR THIS YEAR’S ALL–STAR GAME. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE STARTING LINE–UP FOR THE MID–SUMMER CLASSIC WAS ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT. SECOND BASEMAN GLEYBER TORRES, ALONG WITH OUTFIELDERS RILEY GREENE AND JAVIER BAEZ WILL REPRESENT DETROIT AT THE ALL–STAR GAME, JULY 15TH IN ATLANTA.

-MINOR LEAGUES….LAST NIGHT IN ROYAL OAK, THE PIT SPITTERS BEAT THE LEPRECHAUNS, 3 TO 2. TRAVERSE CITY IS AT KALAMAZOO, TONIGHT…. GREAT LAKES LOONS BEAT THE WHITE CAPS LAST NIGHT, 5 TO 2. THEY ARE AT WEST MICHIGAN AGAIN TONIGHT.

07/02/2025

Good morning- here is the NEWS 7-1-25

*Sunny conditions today. Highs in the upper 70's to around 80.

-IN LEELANAU COUNTY, INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO TWO RECENT FATAL ACCIDENTS. A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WHILE DRIVING HAS LEFT A NORTHPORT MAN DEAD. DEPUTIES SAY IT HAPPENED SUNDAY MORNING ON SOUTH LEELANAU DRIVE. RESPONDERS FOUND JOHN NORMAN DEAD FROM AN APPARENT MEDICAL EMERGENCY BEFORE HE CRASHED HIS VEHICLE. THEN, LATER ON SUNDAY, DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CRASH INVOLVING A PICKUP AND A BICYCLIST. IT HAPPENED AT THE TART TRAIL CROSSING ON SOUTH CENTER HIGHWAY. THE TRUCK WAS PULLING A TRAILER WHEN A BICYCLIST CROSSED IN FRONT OF IT. DANIEL O’BRIEN OF TRENTON WAS TAKEN TO MUNSON IN TRAVERSE CITY AND LATER DIED. DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS NOT INJURED. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

-MONDAY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED IT WILL REVIEW WHETHER MICHIGAN’S LAWSUIT SEEKING TO SHUT DOWN A SECTION OF AN AGING PIPELINE BENEATH THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC BELONGS IN STATE COURT OR FEDERAL COURT. IN 2019, ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL SUED IN STATE COURT TO VOID THE EASEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE ENBRIDGE COMPANY TO OPERATE THAT NEARLY FIVE–MILE SECTION OF THE LINE FIVE PIPELINE. THE COMPANY MOVED THE LAWSUIT INTO FEDERAL COURT IN 2021, ARGUING IT AFFECTS U.S. AND CANADIAN TRADE. MEANWHILE, ENBRIDGE IS SEEKING PERMITS TO ENCASE THAT SECTION OF LINE FIVE IN A PROTECTIVE TUNNEL. THEY ARE AWAITING APPROVAL FROM THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES AND ENERGY.

-A RECENT REPORT IN LANSING REVEALS THAT A 2024 STATEWIDE DATA BREACH FOR MCLAREN HEALTH CARE POTENTIALLY LEAKED THE DATA OF MORE THAN 740 – THOUSAND PATIENTS. MCLAREN SUFFERED A RANSOMWARE ATTACK BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST LAST YEAR. OFFICIALS SAY THAT A THIRD – PARTY AUDIT DETERMINED THERE WAS UNAUTHORIZED AND UNLAWFUL ACCESS TO PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM’S NETWORK WITH SOME PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION. MCLAREN SAYS THAT DATA MAY HAVE INCLUDED NAMES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, DATE OF BIRTH, HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION, AND MEDICAL INFORMATION. THEY ALSO STATED THAT WHILE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED MISUSE OF THE DATA, MCLAREN IS NOTIFYING THOSE IMPACTED THROUGH THE MAIL. THERE IS MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT: MCLAREN – DOT – OR – SLASH – NOTICE.

-GAS PRICES ARE IN MICHIGAN ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE FOURTH OF JULY. THE NEW STATEWIDE AVERAGE PRICE FOR GAS IS ABOUT $3.26 GALLON, DOWN THREE CENTS FROM LAST WEEK. THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN AVERAGE IS CLOSER TO $3.30 A GALLON.

-NO ONE MATCHED ALL THE NUMBERS IN LAST NIGHT’S POWERBALL. THAT JACKPOT GROWS TO $174 MILLION ON WEDNESDAY. TONIGHT’S MEGA MILLIONS IS $50 MILLION.

-MLB….TIGERS HAD MONDAY OFF. DETROIT (53 - 32) BEGINS A SIX-GAME ROAD TRIP TONIGHT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. JACK FLAHERTY GETS THE START AGAINST THE NATIONALS. FIRST PITCH IS 6:45 P.M. DETROIT CURRENTLY HAS AN ELEVEN-AND-A-HALF GAME LEAD OVER CLEVELAND IN THE A.L. CENTRAL.

-MINOR LEAGUES….LAST NIGHT IN TRAVERSE CITY, PIT SPITTERS BEAT BATTLE CREEK, 5 TO 3. T.C. IS AT ROYAL OAK, TONIGHT, 6:35 P.M…..GREAT LAKES LOONS HAD MONDAY OFF. THEY ARE AT WEST MICHIGAN, TONIGHT, 6:35 P.M.

-NHL….THE RED WINGS HAVE SIGNED VETERAN FORWARD PATRICK KANE TO A ONE–YEAR CONTACT EXTENSION WORTH THREE MILLION. THE DEAL ALLOWS THE 36 –YEAR OLD KANE TO AVOID UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENCY. EARLIER MONDAY, IN A MOVE TO CREATE SALARY CAP SPACE FOR FREE AGENCY, DETROIT SENT VETERAN WINGER VLADIMIR TARASENKO TO MINNESOTA FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS.

-NBA….FREE AGENT GUARD CARIS LEVERT HAS AGREED TO A TWO–YEAR, $29 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL WITH THE PISTONS. THE FORMER MICHIGAN WOLVERINE PLAYED FOR THE CAVALIERS AND THE HAWKS LAST SEASON. IN ANOTHER MOVE, DETROIT ALSO AGREED TO A DEAL WITH FREE AGENT CENTER–FORWARD, PAUL REED. HE GETS A TWO–YEAR, $11 MILLION DEAL TO RETURN TO DETROIT.

06/29/2025

06/27/2025

Good morning- here is the NEWS 6-27-25

*Showers and thunderstorms today, windy at times. Highs near 80 inland, cooler along the big lakes.

-MORE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN MACKINAC COUNTY. YESTERDAY, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO OUST THE MANAGER OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ST. IGNACE. REPORTS SAY THE DECISION TO FIRE DONNA DESJARDINS COMES AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGEDLY MISHANDLING OF FUNDS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. SHE HAD ACTUALLY WORKED AT THE SHELTER FOR MORE THAN 13 YEARS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FORMED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ENSURE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF THE SHELTER. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE ALSO BEEN LET GO.

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-IN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY, A TRAFFIC STOP THIS WEEK LED TO A DRUG BUST. THE HURON AREA NARCOTICS TEAM AND STATE POLICE IN ALPENA SAID THEY SEIZED ALMOST A POUND OF DRUGS AFTER SEARCHING THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE AND HOME. DEPUTIES CONDUCTED THE STOP TUESDAY ON HIGHWAY 451 IN HAWKS TOWNSHIP AND FOUND POWDER CO***NE, CRACK CO***NE, AND CRYSTAL M**H, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE GIFT CARDS AND CASH. AFTER SEARCHING HIS RESIDENCE THEY FOUND MORE DRUGS, INCLUDING OXYCODONE AND HYDROCODONE. A 63–YEAR OLD MAN FROM MILLERSBURG WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, YET.

-IN EMMET COUNTY, TO HONOR NEARLY TWO DECADES OF GIVING AND LEADERSHIP, NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE IS CELEBRATING PIER AND RENEE BORRA’S CONTRIBUTIONS BY RENAMING THE COLLEGE’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT AFTER THEM. THE BUILDING ON THE PETOSKEY CAMPUS WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS THE BORRA SCHOOL OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES.

-THE 2025 ST. IGNACE CAR SHOW IS UNDERWAY. TONIGHT IS THE PARADE DOWN MEMORY LANE. ON SATURDAY, CLOSE TO A THOUSAND CLASSIC AND CUSTOM CARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON DISPLAY IN DOWNTOWN ST. IGNACE…. OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEKEND ; IT’S ENGINEERS DAY TODAY IN SAULT STE. MARIE, WITH THE WALK ACROSS THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE ON SATURDAY…. THE 2025 NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL BEGINS THIS WEEKEND. EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE TRAVERSE AREA ARE SCHEDULED FROM JUNE 28TH THRU JULY 5TH. A COMPLETE LISTING IS ONLINE AT: CHERRY FESTIVAL – DOT – ORG.

-TONIGHT’S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS WORTH AT LEAST $348 MILLION. SATURDAY’S POWERBALL IS AT $155 MILLION.

-MLB….YESTERDAY IN DETROIT, THE TIGERS SHUT OUT THE A’S, 8 TO NOTHING. DEETRICK ENNS OUT OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN WAS CALLED UP FROM TOLEDO AND PICKED UP THE WIN. SPENCER TORKELSON AND GLEYBER TORRES HIT HOMERS AS THE TIGERS TAKE TWO OUT OF THREE AND IMPROVED TO 51 – 31. DETROIT HOSTS THE TWINS TONIGHT. SAWYER GIPSON–LONG GETS THE START. FIRST PITCH IS 7:10 P.M.

-MINOR LEAGUES….PIT SPITTERS BEAT THE FOND DU LAC SPIDERS LAST NIGHT, 11 TO 6. TRAVERSE CITY IS HOME TONIGHT AGAINST THE WISCONSIN RAPIDS RAFTERS, 7:05 P.M. AT TURTLE CREEK STADIUM…. GREAT LAKES LOONS LOST THE TIN CAPS, 7 TO 1. THEY ARE AT FORT WAYNE AGAIN TONIGHT, 7:05 P.M.

-NBA DRAFT….LAST NIGHT IN THE SECOND ROUND, THE PISTONS SELECTED GUARD CHAZ LANIER OUT OF TENNESSEE.

-GOLF…..TODAY IS THE SECOND ROUND OF THE ROCKET CLASSIC AT THE DETROIT COUNTRY CLUB

-NASCAR….CUP SERIES RACING CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY.

06/27/2025

Book drive

📚 Book Drive for the Cheboygan County Jail Library 📚

The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office is hosting a book drive to support our Jail Library Program, and we need your help!

We are currently accepting gently used or new:
Paperbacks only (no hardcovers, please) of. any genre.

📍 Drop-off Location:
Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Office
📅 Date: 07-10-2025
🕒 Hours: 11am-7pm

Contact Cpl Michele Meldrum with any questions at 231-627-3155 ext 3. ☎️

06/26/2025

Good morning- here is the NEWS 6-26-25

*Showers today, possibly thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60's.

-CONGRESSMAN JACK BERGMAN HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE ENTIRE MICHIGAN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IS NOW CALLING ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO APPROVE A DISASTER DECLARATION. BERGMAN, AND MICHIGAN’S 12 OTHER U.S. REPRESENTATIVES, ALONG WITH SENATORS GARY PETERS AND ELISSA SLOTKIN HAVE SENT A LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE, URGING THE PRESIDENT TO APPROVE GOVERNOR WHITMER’S REQUEST FOR A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION. THE GROUP STATES THAT 13 NORTHERN MICHIGAN COUNTIES SUFFERED THROUGH AN UNPRECEDENTED STORM THIS SPRING, FOLLOWED BY LENGTHY POWER OUTAGES AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES....IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN, PRESQUE ISLE ELECTRIC AND GAS CO-OP SAYS THEY SUFFERED SOME $100 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES AND REPAIR COSTS. THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ALREADY HAS HAD DISASTER LOAN CENTERS SET UP IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS, OFFERING LOW -INTEREST LOANS TO BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS AND SMALL NON-PROFITS.

-IN EMMET COUNTY, AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT IN VANDALISM OF PRIDE FLAGS AT TWO PETOSKEY CHURCHES EARLIER THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, PETOSKEY POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE SUSPECT'S WHILE THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. THE FLAGS ARE DISPLAYED AT THE CROSS OF CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH AND THE EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH. MEANWHILE, A PRIDE PARADE IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SUNDAY IN PETOSKEY, WITH OFFICERS PLANNING TO BE ON HAND TO ENSURE SECURITY.

-SUMMER FESTIVAL SEASON IS HEATING UP THIS WEEKEND. THE ST. IGNACE CAR SHOW WEEKEND ACTUALLY BEGINS WITH A CRUISE NIGHT, THIS EVENING. THE PARADE DOWN MEMORY LANE IS FRIDAY. THEN, CLOSE TO A THOUSAND CLASSIC AND CUSTOM CARS WILL BE ON DISPLAY, SATURDAY IN DOWNTOWN ST. IGNACE …. THE 2025 NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL OFFICIALLY OPENS THIS WEEKEND. EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE SCHEDULED IN THE TRAVERSE CITY AREA, JUNE 28TH THRU JULY 5TH.

-NO ONE MATCHED ALL THE NUMBERS IN LAST NIGHT’S POWERBALL. THAT JACKPOT WILL GROW TO $155 MILLION ON SATURDAY. FRIDAY’S MEGA MILLIONS IS WORTH $348 MILLION.

-MLB….LAST NIGHT IN DETROIT, THE TIGERS BATS WENT QUIET AS THE A’S SHUT THEM OUT, 3 TO NOTHING. DETROIT (50 – 31) WILL HOST THE RUBBER GAME OF THE SERIES THIS AFTERNOON AT COMERICA PARK. FIRST PITCH IS 1:10 P.M.

-MINOR LEAGUES….LAST NIGHT, TRAVERSE CITY PIT SPITTERS EDGED FOND DU LAC, 9 TO 8. THEY WILL HOST THE SPIDERS AGAIN TONIGHT, 7:05 P.M. AT TURTLE CREEK STADIUM….GREAT LAKES LOONS SHUTOUT THE TIN CAPS LAST NIGHT, 11 TO 0. THEY PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT AT FORT WAYNE.

-NBA DRAFT….ROUND ONE LAST NIGHT SAY THE DALLAS MAVERICKS SELECT FORWARD COOPER FLAGG OF DUKE WITH THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK. MICHIGAN STATE’S JASE RICHARDSON WAS DRAFTED AT NUMBER 25 BY THE ORLANDO MAGIC. MICHIGAN’S DANNY WOLF CHOSEN BY THE BROOKLYN NETS AT NUMBER 27. THE PISTONS DID NOT HAVE A PICK IN THE FIRST ROUND. THEY HAVE THE 37TH OVERALL PICK IN TONIGHT’S SECOND ROUND. COVERAGE BEGINS AT 8:00 P.M. ON ESPN.

-HOCKEY….THE NHL AND THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION ARE NEGOTIATING A POTENTIAL INCREASE TO AN 84–GAME SEASON DURING THEIR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TALKS. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD TWO GAMES TO THE REGULAR SEASON WHILE REMOVING TWO PRE–SEASON GAMES.

-GOLF….TODAY IS THE FIRST ROUND OF THE ROCKET CLASSIC AT THE DETROIT COUNTRY CLUB.

06/24/2025