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West Branch man accused of trying to run girlfriend's family over
OGEMAW COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - A West Branch man was arrested in Burton on Friday following a domestic incident in Ogemaw County. On April 18, deputies from the Ogemaw County Sheriff's Office responded to a domestic assault at a residence on M-33 in Cumming Township. According to the Ogemaw County...
Ogemaw Heights notches fifth straight shutout win
BIG RAPIDS - The Ogemaw Heights Falcons’ girls soccer team recorded their fifth straight 8-0 mercy victory in Northern Michigan Soccer League play on Wednesday, topping Big Rapids Crossroads. Jada Gilbert scored the first goal of the game for the Falcons. Teammate Lucy Luptowski followed by recording a natural hat trick over the remainder of the first half to give Ogemaw Heights a 4-0 halftime advantage. Ogemaw Heights (6-2-1, 5-0-1 NMSL) travels to Cheboygan on Friday afternoon. Big Rapids Crossroads (4-4, 3-4 NMSL) hosts Gladwin on Friday.
Community Action Alger-Marquette Congregate Meal Program in search of volunteers
GWINN, Mich. (WLUC) - Community Action Alger-Marquette is in need of more volunteers for its community meals program. The program serves more than 100 people across Alger and Marquette County. Community Nutrition Services Director Oxsanna Stoken said the program has around 20 volunteers, but they are in need of more.
Vikings begin golf season placing fourth at The Quest
In the opening match of the season, the Grayling varsity boys golf squad competed at The Quest Golf Club, Houghton Lake. The Vikings finished fourth in the varsity standings with a 206 while the junior varsity squad was second, or sixth overall, with a 224. Senior Gage Modert led the varsity squad with a 50 while Bryce Malcolm, Jimmy Calvin, […]
147-year-old lighthouse in Iosco County to reopen following renovations
After more than a year of restoration efforts, the Tawas Lighthouse is almost ready to shine again. Tucked away between Tawas Bay and Lake Huron up in Iosco County, the 67-foot-tall lighthouse is nearly set to reopen for the spring and summer season, and in honor of its reopening, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Michigan History Center and the Friends of Tawas Point Lighthouse and State Park are partnering to kick the season off with an all-day event on May 2 — 147 years to the date since a light first shone from the lighthouse's lantern room.
Man killed when vehicles leaves the roadway and flips in Oscoda Co.
OSCODA COUNTY — The Oscoda County Sheriffs Office on Tuesday said one person was killed in a rollover crash last weekend. On April 14 at 9:50 a.m., the Oscoda County Sheriffs Office responded to the area of North Red Oak Road near Farrington Road for a report of a single-vehicle accident that had been discovered by a passing motorist. An investigation at the scene conducted by the sheriffs office, as well as the Michigan State Police, revealed that 29-year-old Richard Christopher Sawyer of Fairview had been operating the vehicle - a 2017 Jeep Wrangler Sport. Sawyer had been traveling south on North Red Oak Road in the early hours of that same day when his vehicle left the roadway and traveled into a ravine, overturning and coming to a rest in the East Branch Big Creek, deputies said. The vehicle was occupied only by Sawyer, who died as a result of the crash, deputies said.
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