If you are looking to hit the trails and save some money, the free ORV weekends have been scheduled.
Despite angry weather patterns and rough roads, Michigan is definitely one of the best places to live. There are so many activities to take part in and enjoy and a lot of them you can do for free. If you are into hitting the trails in your ORV, every year you can find a couple of weekends in Michigan where it won t cost you to do that.
The Free ORV Weekends for 2021 have been scheduled for June 12th and 13th and August 21st and 22nd. On these weekends, both residents and out-of-state guests can enjoy the rides for free. Michigan boasts over 3,800 miles of DNR-designated routes and trails and six scramble areas in the state which include St. Helen s Motorsport Area, Black Lake Scramble Area, Holly Oaks ORV Park, Silver Lake State Park, Bull Gap, and The Mounds. ORV enthusiasts will be able to hit all over these places without having to buy an ORV license or trail permit.
Feb 4, 2021
ESCANABA The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is urging anglers to use extra caution when braving the ice on Lake Michigan in Delta County.
“The ice conditions are reported as quite variable in and around Little Bay de Noc, especially at river mouths,” said John Pepin, DNR deputy public information officer. “Several anglers have fallen through the ice recently, either while walking or operating snowmobiles or all-terrain vehicles. We want anyone venturing onto the ice to take safety precautions and be doubly careful.”
Good ice at the head of Little Bay de Noc may create a false impression of safe ice conditions elsewhere. In some places, the ice is a foot thick, while measuring less than an inch only 100 yards away.
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A sign notifies cattle producers entering Alpena County from Presque Isle County via U.S.-23 that cattle entering the modified accredited zone must have an electronic ID, movement certificate, and negative bovine TB test.
ALPENA The number of bovine tuberculosis surveillance tests completed by state officials increased in January, but still may not be enough to meet testing requirements in all of the Northeast Michigan counties required to perform the surveillance.
Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the state must test at least 2,800 deer heads from the Modified Accredited Zone, which includes Alpena, Alcona, Montmorency and Oscoda counties.
No one should consider themselves an expert on the ice.
That’s the message Lt. Jim Gorno, law enforcement division supervisor for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, gave to News staff writer Julie Riddle for a recent story about ice safety.
Experienced ice fishermen and snowmobilers “know their stuff,” Gorno told Riddle, “but 99% of them have never dropped into freezing cold water.”
Already this winter, a side-by-side, a four-wheeler, and several snowmobiles have gone through ice in northern Michigan, Gorno said.
Even those with years of know-how should respect the ice and its inherent dangers, and Gorno recommends the following:
Woman shot and killed at Camp Lord Willing in Monroe County, man covered in blood arrested
By FOX 2 Staff article
Michigan State Police are investigating the murder of a woman at Camp Lord Willing in Monroe County on Thursday, Feb. 4.
FRENCHTOWN TWP, Mich. (FOX 2) - Law enforcement in Monroe County are investigating the murder of a woman who was shot in the face at an RV park Wednesday night and police said they arrested a suspect covered in blood.
Michigan State Police said they were called around 10:20 to Shady Creek RV and Park Resort, also known as Camp Lord Willing on Stumpmier Road in Frenchtown Township to a report of gunshots.