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Friday, February 15, 2013  There was an increased effort across 20 Michigan counties to catch drunk drivers

Saturday, February 09, 2013  Michigan lottery officials are having fun with Upper Peninsula culture as they wait for someone to step forward and claim a $19 million jackpot.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  State police say a Houghton man was killed when he drove his snowmobile under a steel cable.

Wednesday, July 04, 2012  The Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office confirms a 16-year-old Clinton County teenager drowned on Houghton Lake Wednesday afternoon.

Monday, July 25, 2011  A Michigan cancer survivor says he's been humiliated publicly during an airport pat-down, for a second time.

Friday, April 22, 2011  Well the seasonal snowfall totals for the season are final (we hope) and it has been a doozy of a year all across Michigan

Monday, January 10, 2011  Two snowmobilers who crashed through the ice in Houghton Lake have been treated for hypothermia after being pulled to safety by two Michigan State Police troopers and area residents.

Friday, November 05, 2010  A 34-year-old Houghton Lake accountant accused of bilking clients out of tax return money has been sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.1 million in restitution.

Thursday, August 26, 2010  The men are also linked to thefts in West Branch and Houghton.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010  Police say a 23-year-old man has escaped from the Houghton County Jail.

Sunday, July 11, 2010  The biggest, totaling $3 million, will provide plant and animal habitat in the Saugatuck area.

Monday, June 14, 2010  A Michigan sailor whose remains were identified nearly 70 years after he died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has been laid to rest in his home state.

Thursday, January 28, 2010  We traveled to Houghton Lake and drove out onto the ice to see what the folks over there doing "Tip up town."

Wednesday, September 23, 2009  The Houghton County Memorial Airport is seeking public comment as officials decide which of two air carriers to serve the Upper Peninsula region.