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

19 minutes ago  The National Weather Service says that the tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., topped the scale as an EF5.

Today at 9:24 AM  UPDATED WITH PHOTO: The biggest damage in the area came from the Walloon Lake area with power lines reported down, and 40 trees uprooted at the Walloon Lake Country Club due to ferocious winds estimated at 70 mph.

Yesterday at 9:05 PM  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Yesterday at 10:27 AM  In an effort to “go green” and boost business, a local farmer is investing in a state of the art subsurface irrigation system.

Yesterday at 8:40 AM  Swarm of tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Oklahoma mobile home park ravaged by twister

Friday, May 17, 2013  Rain becomes increasingly likely early next week starting late Monday through Tuesday with rounds of rain and thunderstorms sweeping in.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  At least 6 dead, dozens left homeless as tornadoes leave trail of destruction in North Texas

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Temperatures will sit close to 70F through Friday with low/mid-70's arriving by the weekend.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Any snow accumulation will be very light with a dusting up to an inch on the very high end downwind of the Great Lakes Sunday morning.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  The Saint Clair River is a major trunk line for commercial navigation. Is it also possible that it is draining the Great Lakes?

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Right now, it appears the main corridor of rain will set up from Ludington through Cadillac/Houghton Lake up to Alpena running along the M-55 and M-72 corridors where up to an inch of rain may fall by late Friday.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The warmest temperatures Monday came from Grayling and Wellston where the temperature shot up to 82F Monday afternoon.

Monday, May 06, 2013  The sunrise from 5:30 AM to 7 AM at the Traverse City marina on the morning of Monday, May 6.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Although the sunshine and warm temperatures mean a great day outdoors, multiple factors are coming together to also increase our fire risk.

Monday, May 06, 2013  High pressure slowly passing over the Upper Great Lakes will lead to sunshine Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with no chance for any rain each of these days.