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New mountain biking trails open in Cheboygan
Over 8 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails have been completed in Cheboygan County, offering high speeds and views of the county’s inland waterways. The Little Traverse Land Conservancy — the organization which owns the nearly 150 acre parcel — set Friday as the opening day for the trails.
Scenic new Up North trail system now open for hiking, mountain biking
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MICH. -- The Melvin Family Hiking and Biking Trails, a scenic new trail system boasting big views, is now open for hiking and mountain biking in Northern Michigan. Located on a hilly 150-acre forest reserve between Burt and Mullet lakes near Indian River, the trail system totals more...
Plan to add parking for veterans park gains county board approval
CHEBOYGAN — A plan to add parking for the disabled to the Cheboygan County Veterans Memorial Park gained the approval of the county board of commissioners Tuesday. Commissioner Ron Williams of District 4 praised his colleagues for supporting the project. "I have been hearing for a long time that we have needed parking there,...
$100,000 check puts Save Cornwall group closer to saving dam
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY — The campaign to save the Cornwall Dam in Cheboygan County is getting closer to its goal. On Tuesday, the group “Save Cornwall” received a check worth $100,000 from Awakon Federal Credit Union. The founder of the group Curtis Goldsborough says this means they have 75% of the close to $1.5 million needed to repair the dam, which was set to be removed. Goldsborough says he’s amazed at what the group has been able to accomplish, going from just raising awareness to taking action and raising funds.
Northern Michigan faces rising Lyme disease threat
CHARLEVOIX — With the early arrival of warm weather, residents should take heed of the rising rate of ticks in Northern Michigan that can transmit Lyme disease. The bacterial infection is becoming more prevalent in the region, with an increase in reports associated with its parasitic carrier, the black-legged tick, according to the Health Department of Northwest Michigan's Medical Director Dr. Joshua Meyerson.
Robot to be used this summer to clean plastic from northern Michigan beaches
PETOSKEY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Plastic pollution has been a longstanding threat to the Great Lakes. But this summer alongside the usual cleanups, beaches in Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Cheboygan counties will have extra help. Petoskey State Park is one of a couple dozen beaches that's part of a renewed effort...
NCCMH submits local artwork to statewide show
NORTHERN MICHIGAN — Artwork by Martin Kiper of Levering and Melody Pruett of Pellston were selected to represent 12 Northern Michigan counties in the statewide traveling art show, “Creative Minds Changing Minds,” sponsored by the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan. Kiper’s and Pruett’s art was selected...
4-year-old boy drowns after falling into river in Northern Michigan, officials say: 'This is heartbreaking'
A 4-year-old boy has died after officials say he fell into a river in Northern Michigan and drowned. It happened Monday afternoon, in the Village of Wolverine in Cheboygan County.
4-year-old dies in drowning accident in Cheboygan Co.
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY — The Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that a child died in a drowning accident in Wolverine. On Monday at 12:34 p.m., the Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Department as well as other first responders were sent to Lumberjack Park in Wolverine for a missing child. A Tuscarora Township Fire Department member who lives in the area arrived on scene and started a search of the shoreline of the Sturgeon River. Shortly after the search began, the child - identified as James Patrick Zassadney, 4, of Onaway - was found unresponsive in the river, deputies said. The child was pulled to shore where first responders administered CPR, deputies said. The child was rushed to Otsego Memorial Hospital by Cheboygan Life Support Systems, where staff unsuccessfully attempted to save him, deputies said.
Onaway boy, 4, dies in drowning accident on Monday
WOLVERINE — The Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Department reported that a 4-year-old boy from Onaway drowned in the Sturgeon River on Monday afternoon. According to a press release from the sheriff’s department, deputies and other first responders were dispatched to Lumberjack Park in Wolverine at 12:34 p.m. for a missing child. A Tuscarora Township Fire Department member who lives in the area arrived on scene and started a search of the shoreline of the Sturgeon River. Shortly after, the child was found unresponsive in the river. He was pulled to shore where first responders administered CPR.
Cheboygan man facing child pornography charges following widespread investigation
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Michigan State Police said a man accused of sending pictures of his genitalia to a minor in Gaylord has been arrested for child pornography. He has been identified as 50-year-old Jamie Rocheleau of Cheboygan. Trooper said they started investigating Rocheleau in January 2024 when asked...
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