Latest local news, weather and high school sports for Northern Michigan

Thursday, August 23, 2012  A public warning siren and speaker system will be tested Thursday.

Monday, May 14, 2012  A ripe combination of low humidity values (under 25%), breezy SW winds, and highs in the 70's Monday have prompted the National Weather Service in Gaylord to issue a Fire Weather Watch for Monday across much of Northern Lower Michigan until 8 p.m.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  Investigators will spend time Thursday trying and figure out what sparked the wildfire that burned 1,500 acres.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Not only has it been warm, but historically warm, with daytime high temperatures shattering records by 10 to 15 degrees in cases.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  A popular snowmobile tunnel in Wexford County has gone dark for good after the US Forest Service had concerns about its safety and structural integrity.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  There's a new twist in the plan that could ban hunting and snowmobiling on some national forest land in Northern Michigan.  Details in this Fact Finder Report.

Monday, June 13, 2011  The Department of Natural Resources is looking for answers to who is setting dangerous, potentially deadly spikes near public trails on US Forest Service land.

Monday, May 16, 2011  The U.S. Forest Service is planning a controlled burn Monday afternoon in Wexford County.

Monday, May 09, 2011  Crews from the Department of Natural Resources,  the U.S. Forest Service and volunteers are battling a wildfire in Lake County.

Friday, April 08, 2011  For Northern Michigan it's our treasured resources like the lakes and forests where we could see an immediate impact.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011  Hunting and snowmobiling are big business in northern Michigan, but a viewer wrote us concerned saying he'd heard the government was trying to ban both on some land in the Huron Manistee National Forest. He had questions, the answers we found for him in a Fact Finder Report.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  The Forest Service is changing the way it issues firewood permits on the Huron-Manistee National Forests.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010  The US Forest Service says it's the Recovery and Reinvestment Act at work. More than $11 million has been given to the Hiawatha National Forest for several projects.

Thursday, September 23, 2010  A hunter led authorities to more than 400 marijuana plants under aspen trees in the Manistee National Forest.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  Crews are still battling to contain the Meridian Boundary Wildfire in Crawford County