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Tuesday, March 13, 2012  Perimeter security will change April 1st at 27 state prisons including Pugsley Correctional Faciltiy in Kingsley.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  State Police catch escaped prisoner

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  Some Chippewa County residents are being asked to let their water run to avoid freezing pipes.

Monday, December 20, 2010  North Country Community Mental Health shared the same building as the former Mental Health Unit of Northern Michigan Regional Health System.  Now, with the Mental Health Unit closing its doors, North Country will rely on other hospitals in the area.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  Andrew Ross, 25, was charged with carjacking, assault with intent to rob while armed and four other felonies after the failed prison escape on July 15.

Tuesday, August 03, 2010  Remember that prison break in the Upper Peninsula last month where three inmates hi-jacked a semi and ran it through the prison walls? The Warden of Kinross Correctional Facility says he's working hard to prevent something like that from ever happening again.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010  Andrew Ross, 25, is charged with carjacking, assault with intent to rob while armed and four other felonies. Ross faces a potential of life in prison on the new charges.

Friday, July 16, 2010  Two inmates who tried to break out of the Kinross Correctional Facility Thursday, are now spending time behind bars of a maximum security prison in Marquette. A third inmate was shot and killed in the incident.

Thursday, July 15, 2010  It was a deadly day at a Northern Michigan prison.  3 prisoners hijacked a semi-truck and tried to break out.

Thursday, July 15, 2010  7 & 4 News has learned that three inmates tried to escape the Kinross Correctional Facility in Kincheloe Thursday morning by driving a semi truck through a gate.  A witness at the scene says  one of the inmates was shot and killed, two others are back behind bars.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  The Warden says reduced funding hasn't made that easy and now more than ever efficiency is key. Michigan Lawmakers are working on ways to cut prison spending.