Mackinac County News

Here's a look at what we're working on for tonight's news. Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 1:24 p.m. Deputies from Mackinac County Sheriff's OfficeA are investigating a fatal rollover accident in Hudson Township.A Tonight on your TV6 Late News, we'll have the latest from authorities.

MORAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Transportation is reopening the Cut River Bridge on U.S. Highway 2 in the Upper Peninsula.

A rollover accident in Mackinac County claims the life of a downstate man. It happened Friday afternoon onA U.S. 2 in Hudson Township.

Hide Video A downstate motorist is dead following a one vehicle roll over accident Friday in Mackinac County.

It's nothing to write home about, but the Upper Peninsula's unemployment dropped slightly from August to September.

A crash on Mishawaka Road in Concord Township and another mishap in northern Michigan have claimed two lives.

Monday, October 12, 2009 at 11:29 a.m. PORTAGE TWP., MACKINAC CO. -- An investigation is underway in Mackinac County after a rollover crash kills one man and sends two others to the hospital.

Hide Video Police believe alcohol played a role in a deadly rollover crash in Mackinac County.

A group of volunteers from 2 Northern Michigan Counties will help grieving families deal with loss.

Hide Video A woman is in the hospital after crashing her car through the front of a Mackinac County pharmacy.

If there's a Michigan map in your mind, it probably looks like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula - separated from the rest of the state by Lake Superior - often gets left off the map entirely.

Hide Video Police arrested a man for making a serious threat against another, but not before the situation put a Mackinac County school on lockdown.

NEWS RELEASE CONGRESSMAN BART STUPAK 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ************************* Stupak announces $373,609 to combat crime in Arenac, Mackinac counties WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak announced Arenac County and Mackinac County will receive a total of $373,609 to help combat drug-related crimes.

NorthStar Economics released their Regional Economic Opportunity Study today, points the UP towards education, tourism.

What once was an empty school building is now buzzing with volunteers working to make sure those less fortunate find good homes.

Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. This is the 40th ReStore to open up in the state of Michigan Habitat for Humanity HiawathaLand covers three and a half counties in the eastern U.P., Alger, Schoolcraft, Luce and the western part of Mackinac County Read story LOCAL SPONSORS MARQUETTE, Mich.

Witnesses testified today in the preliminary exam for Dustan Bowen, a Midland man accused of a deadly hit and run accident in Mackinac County's Newton Township.

It's been a while since we've been able to give you truly good news about the economy in the Upper Peninsula, but now we have some.

State police on Sunday continued to withhold the names of a Gaylord teen who drowned after being swept into Lake Michigan, and his grandfather, who drowned trying to rescue him.

State police have identified a 16-year-old boy and his 66-year-old grandfather from Gaylord who drowned in Lake Michigan off the eastern Upper Peninsula.