Huron County Sheriff Urges Extra Caution As Deer Collisions Spike In 2023
Michigan has about 50,000 car/deer collisions each year. The Huron County Sheriff urges caution, and we have six easy tips to help avoid catastrophe.
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3 Duck Hunters Rescued After Being Stranded on Saginaw Bay
The Huron County Sheriff reported that they retrieved three stranded kayaking duck hunters via Airboat on Saginaw Bay
Lake Michigan Beach Access Case – Supreme Court Won’t Consider Pleas Of Lake Michigan Shoreline Owners Who Wanted to Prevent Use
Despite competing arguments from private property owners, local residents, and environmental groups, the Supreme Court effectively determined that citizens’ beach access rights extend beyond the water to an administratively established boundary on the shore, regardless of beach ownership.
Oxford Man Dies in Two-Vehicle Crash on M-142 in Verona Township
Officers from the Huron County Sheriffs and emergency responders were sent to the scene of a two-vehicle fatal crash at M-142 and M-19 in Verona Township yesterday afternoon. (9/15)
Collision With A Deer South of Port Austin Kills Midland Man
Two drivers who were on their way to work yesterday morning, September 4th, discovered the wreckage of a 2006 Buick Lucerne in the east side ditch of M 53, just south of Hunter Road in Dwight Township. After inspecting the area, …
M-25 Resurfacing Project To Start Today Between Caseville & Port Austin
Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced today that an M-25 resurfacing project between Caseville and Port Austin will begin today in Huron County. This investment, according to economic modeling, will support 42 jobs. MDOT will spend …
What Happened At Camp Lejeune? 1953 – 1987
By the mid-1980s, evidence emerged that showed multiple chemical components present in the water supply at Camp LeJeune. By this point, the contaminated water supply had been used and consumed by over a million people.
65-Year-Old Man Drowns Near Caseville, Michigan – Rip Current Suspected
According to the Huron County Sheriff’s Office, two 65-year-old men from Commerce Township were standing on a sandbar in the rough water of Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) in Caseville Township on Thursday, August 11th at about 11 a.m., when a wave …