Cheboygan County, MI

Multiple crews from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and local fire departments have been working to further contain the Blue Lakes Fire in portions of Montmorency and Cheboygan counties. According to a press release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources on May 16, the fire was around 75...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Fire crews made progress in containing a forest fire that burned a path through two Northern Michigan counties over the weekend. The Blue Lakes Fire was reported on Friday afternoon in northwest Montmorency County north of Gaylord and Atlanta. Flames burned a path north into Cheboygan County over the weekend.

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. — A wildfire that has engulfed an estimated 2,710 acres in Montmorency and Cheboygan counties is now 60% contained by fire crews. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources fire crews, along with local partners, are working to connect the fire containment line gaps. On Saturday, the...

CHEBOYGAN — Two Cheboygan businesses have stepped up and purchased brackets needed to hang the History of Hometown Heroes banners throughout the city, a cost previously placed on the veteran or person purchasing the banner. At a previous Cheboygan City Council meeting, Cheboygan resident and Vietnam veteran Pat Bolen...

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. — The now 2,300-acre fire in Northern Michigan was first detected in Northern Michigan on Friday, May 13. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) firefighters as well as local partners are continuing efforts to contain the Blue Lakes Fire in Montmorency and Cheboygan counties. The...

Firefighters and Michigan DNR are working to contain a 2,300-acre wildfire burning up Montmorency and Cheboygan county. According to officials, those helping to contain the fire started on Friday around 9 p.m. A news release states that 43 firefighters and an additional 13 incident management members are assisting in the fire suppression efforts.

Firefighters and Michigan DNR are working to contain a 2,710-acre wildfire burning up Montmorency and Cheboygan county. Officials say that, as of Sunday afternoon, about 60% of the fire is contained. Update: 2,200-acre Blue Lakes Fire in Northern Michigan is 75% contained, DNR says. The fire was initially discovered around...

On Tuesday, the Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners honored Arlene Hansen with a certificate of appreciation for her more than two decades of serving the county on its airport authority. "I'd like to present a certificate of appreciation to Arlene Hansen. This is by the Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners,...

After facing issues recruiting people to fill positions within the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department, the department will now partner with Michigan Works for an apprenticeship program for corrections officers and deputies. On Tuesday, Cheboygan County Sheriff Dale Clarmont came before the Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners to request permission to...

A Cheboygan man was injured in a car crash yesterday around 3 p.m. in Grant township, the Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Office says. The man was driving on South River Rd when the car and trailer went off the road. The car went into the ditch, travelled a short distance and then hit an embankment for a driveway. The sheriff’s office says the car went airborne for a short distance before landing and hitting another driveway embankment and going airborne a second time. The car landed on a gravel parking lot and rolled several times.

CHEBOYGAN — The City of Cheboygan received a request recently from Joe Longstreet and Pat Bolen of the Cheboygan County Veterans Subcommittee to potentially help pay for the brackets used to hang memorial banners. The banners, from the History of Hometown Heroes group, would be hung on different utility...

Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department Lt. Mike Brege was honored Tuesday morning for his more than four decades of service as a law enforcement officer. "It is my great honor today to recognize one of my fellow officer and friends, after 42 years of service in the law enforcement community, 34 years with our department," said Cheboygan County Sheriff Dale Clarmont. "Today we say thank you and honor his service."

CHEBOYGAN — A fire Friday morning ripped through an apartment building, displacing four tenants with one being injured after he jumped out of the second story to escape the flames. Cheboygan City Fire Department Chief Donald Dailey said his department, along with Cheboygan Life Support Systems Ambulance and available...

CHEBOYGAN — Members of Art Vision Cheboygan and Cheboygan Area Arts Council have made a decision — after seeking submissions of designs — on an artists to paint a new mural at Washington Park in downtown Cheboygan. "The new Washington Park Mural Project is officially ready to...

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 27-year-old man from Cheboygan was taken to the hospital Sunday afternoon after losing control of his vehicle in a rollover accident. The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department and Cheboygan Life Support Systems ambulance were dispatched to the area of South River Road and North Black River Road for a one-vehicle accident. The accident happened around 3:18 p.m. on May 8, in Grant Township. ...

I have some great old photos of Cheboygan to show ya…but first, just a brief background on this city on the Lake Huron shores…. Not only does it lie along Lake Huron, but also next to the Cheboygan River. Going back many, many years pre-1800, the land was occupied by the Ojibwe tribe as their campground. Then, in 1844, along came Jacob Sammons who settled the area, calling it “Duncan”.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Lansing, MI — May 5, 2022. Michigan has a wealth of wonderful outdoor experiences to enjoy. Fishing is an extremely popular sport in our state. The Michigan DNR and Sturgeon for Tomorrow have an opportunity for outdoor enthusiasts, fishermen, and women to give back by protecting one of the remarkable creatures that inhabit waters in the upper-lower peninsular.