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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be in Charlotte, Mich., on Monday, holding a rural community forum where he will talk about work his department is doing to help rural America.

Four fishermen missing for more than 24 hours are recovering after being rescued by a Monroe County Sheriff's Department Marine Division boat.

Lake Erie but now their back and safe on dry land. It's a story we first broke on 6 News.

The four fishermen had bobbed in the waves for hours, watching helplessly as searchers missed spotting the hull of their capsized boat floating in Lake Erie's western basin.

One of four fishermen rescued after they were found holding on to their 19-foot boat in western Lake Erie says a heavy catch of walleye may have led their craft to capsize.

We're told their boat had overturned, and they were all hanging onto it. A relative tells 13abc the Coast Guard has found four missing fishermen alive, more than one day after they went for a fishing trip on Lake Erie.

CHARLOTTE - High school juniors and seniors will soon venture to Alpena, Mich., to participate in the 2009 Michigan Freedom Academy.

CHARLOTTE - On July 11, Eaton County 4-H youth and their families will be participating in the non-livestock projects youth competition.

Strong storms leave a trail of damage across mid-Michigan. The severe weather rolled through Friday night knocking down trees and snapping power lines.

Now that school's out, Nichole Owen, a soon-to-be junior at Charlotte High School, traded in her desk chair for a director's chair.

The Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools Board of Education approved a two-year contract Monday for the district's new superintendent, Tim Vagts.

CHARLOTTE - What is a county fair? Or a County 4-H Fair? The meaning can be as different as the persons who are asked the question.

CHARLOTTE - Local residents came together for music, crafts and games at this weekend's 'Celebrate Charlotte' festival.

Even though we are all experiencing some challenges these days, there is still so much we have to be grateful for and celebrate in Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE - As a part of the annual Celebrate Charlotte Festival, the Depot Italiano Ristorante will feature the Don Sovey Quartet on both Friday and Saturday nights, June 19 and 20, from 5 until 8 p.m. This newly formed group will perform easy listening music featuring classic songs from the Great American Songbook as well as acoustic pop music ...

Three formerly empty buildings are now bursting with gastric goodness in Battle Creek and Springfield.

CHARLOTTE - In honor of Nick LaFave, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this past April, the LaFave family will be selling purple 'Unite in the Fight' bracelets downtown during the Celebrate Charlotte Days and the Relay For Life on Friday, June 19.

CHARLOTTE - Next weekend the community's 'Celebrate Charlotte' festival will mark a decade of music, arts and hot-air balloons.

WILLIAMSTON - With land just a bit bare, but good things are promised. Farmers and growers got a slow start to their growing seasons this spring because of heavy rain and few dry days.

CHARLOTTE -- A 79-year-old Eaton County man has been reported missing. Melvin George Stofer, who police said is an Alzheimer's patient, was last seen leaving a doctor's office in Mason at 2:40 p.m. Monday.