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ABC 10/CW5 The Luce County’s Sheriff’s Department staff is stretched thin. The department has only three full–time officers and one part–time officer. This number is a fraction of the FBI’s recommended 22 officers for a county Luce’s size. “We’re short,” says Undersheriff Eric Gravelle. “We never have more than one deputy working the road at any time. We’ve had a couple of incidents where I’ve got guys rolling around in the ditch, and there’s no back-up anywhere.” He said without proper funding, it’s unlikely the county will be able to expand their staff.

NEWBERRY, MI--   The suspect in a Luce County officer-involved shooting has been arrested on a number of charges. Early Wednesday morning a deputy was questioning a driver at the Newberry Water and Light Plant when the driver reached into his pocket. The deputy reached into the vehicle and tried to stop the suspect, who hit the officer on the face several times and sped off. The deputy was dragged a short distance. He pulled his gun and shot at the driver, who took off. The suspect was later found and apprehended. State Police from the Sault Ste. Marie Post say the suspect was not injured, ...

AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis If you’re a male and you “identify” as female, the woke amongst us will rush to affirm your identity, and punish those who don’t validate your delusion and call them bigots. Well, some Michigan residents, tired of COVID-19 restrictions, are using that same logic to be able to ditch their face masks by saying they “identify as fully vaccinated” despite not being so. Residents of Luce County, Mich., a county of 6,600 people where only three people have died from COVID-19, are giving local health officials headaches from their clever tactic. “A lot of peop...

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Raymond Mahaffey, aka Chef Ray, has been running the kitchen at Timber Charlie’s Family Restaurant in downtown Newberry, Michigan for 16 years now.  The Tahquamenon Falls in one of the most popular tourist attractions in Luce County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The county's vaccination rates are unusually low for the area, even as case rates are climbing in recent weeks.  Credit James Marvin Phelps via Flickr Creative Commons He’s your man if you’re craving the Giant “Yooper” Pretzel or “The Two Hearted” sandwich (a hoagie piled high with shaved prime rib, Swiss cheese, ma...