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Northern Michigan man admits leaving pipe bombs at stores

July 18, 2022 GMT

BAY CITY, Mich., (AP) — A 76-year-old northern Michigan man pleaded guilty Monday to leaving two pipe bombs outside cellphone stores n Cheboygan and Sault Ste. Marie, federal prosecutors announced.

Blood results thrown out; DUI suspect’s name wasn’t on order

July 15, 2022 GMT

TUSCARORA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Glassy eyes, poor balance, a large open can of beer: Police in northern Michigan figured they had a strong case of drunken driving, especially after they needed a boat to haul a man out of the Indian River in 2020.

DNR: Northern Michigan wildfire is now 98 percent contained

May 17, 2022 GMT

ONAWAY, Mich. (AP) — A wildfire in a heavily forested area of northern Michigan is now 98% contained and all road closures in the area have been lifted, state officials said Tuesday.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said a stretch of the Black River that was previously closed has also reopened.

Wildfire prompts northern Michigan hunting camp evacuation

May 14, 2022 GMT

ONAWAY, Mich. (AP) — Crews continued fighting a wildfire Saturday in a heavily forested area of northern Michigan that prompted the evacuation of 13 people from a hunting and fishing camp, officials said.

86-year-old guilty of killing wife in Wisconsin in 1975

April 29, 2022 GMT

STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) — A jury in Door County on Friday found an 86-year-old man guilty of killing his wife and disposing of her body more than four decades ago.

Jurors returned guilty verdicts on charges of first-degree murder and disinterment of the dead against Richard Pierce, who has maintained his innocence.

Deputy shoots, kills man who attacked another with hatchet

February 11, 2022 GMT

ELLIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A northern Michigan sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man who attacked another deputy with a hatchet Thursday, state police said.

A Cheboygan County sheriff’s deputy responding to a domestic disturbance at a home in Ellis Township shot the 32-year-old suspect after he struck another deputy with the hatchet, police said.

Man charged in Michigan pipe bomb case ordered jailed

September 24, 2021 GMT

BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — A 75-year-old northern Michigan man accused of placing pipe bombs outside two phone stores was ordered jailed Friday until his trial.

John D. Allen of Whittemore waived his right to a detention hearing in Bay City, MLive.com reported.

Man charged with placing pipe bombs outside phone stores

September 21, 2021 GMT

WHITTEMORE, Mich. (AP) — A northern Michigan man said he placed pipe bombs outside two phone stores because he was upset with “immoral content” on phones and cable TV, according to the FBI.

FBI investigates 2 bombs found near northern Michigan stores

September 19, 2021 GMT

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) — The FBI said two explosive devices recently found outside cellphone stores in northern Michigan are believed to be linked to letters found last month in the Upper Peninsula.

FBI asks public’s help after explosives found in N. Michigan

September 17, 2021 GMT

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) — Explosive devices were found in boxes outside two phone stores in northern Michigan, the FBI said Friday.

The devices were discovered Thursday in Cheboygan in the northern Lower Peninsula and Sault Ste.

UAW gets $1.1M for lake house built for former president

July 27, 2021 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it got $1.1 million for a lakefront house in northern Michigan that was being built for a former president who was sentenced to prison in a federal corruption probe.

Michigan county seeks vote recount sought by Trump backers

June 22, 2021 GMT

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) —

A rural northern Michigan county sought state permission Tuesday to recount its 2020 presidential election ballots and hire an outside firm to look for evidence of voting machine tampering.

Bar can be sued for attack on Black man, Michigan court says

By ED WHITEApril 23, 2021 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — A northern Michigan bar can be sued by a Black man who said he was twice attacked by a white customer because of his race, the state Court of Appeals said...

Loans available for businesses, others damaged by fall rain

February 15, 2021 GMT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan small businesses, agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations damaged by excessive rain Sept...