Hide Video A downstate man lost his life this morning in a Roscommon County snowmobile accident.

The Department of Natural Resources announced today that informational workshops for communities interested in applying for grants from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund and the Land and Water Conservation Fund will take place around the state in January and February.

State officials will help communities interested in applying for grants by hosting workshops.

Some area counties use a juvenile detention center that federal investigators contend has a "high rate" of sexual abuse, though officials may now sever ties with the facility.

WASHINGTON - A government study issued Thursday finds 13 juvenile detention facilities around the country have high rates of sex abuse and victimization, where nearly 1 out of every 3 inmates reported some type of victimization.

Rusty Gates loved the Au Sable River. He fought for it. He spoke for it and guided others to protect it.

Friends and family are remembering a well known Northern Michigan conservationist and outdoorsman.

Calvin "Rusty" Gates Jr., a celebrated northern Michigan outdoorsman and conservationist, has died.

There's nothing doing on landlocked state property in Crawford County where developers proposed a theme park anchored by an aircraft carrier.

Monday, December 07, 2009 at 1:34 p.m. Read more: Local , Crime , Michigan State Police , Trooper , Crawford County , Kalkaska County , Chase AA Grayling man is behind bars after police say he led them on a chase through two counties.

A Laingsburg man will spend the next year behind bars for "blowing off steam" to the tune of about $90,000 worth of damage to a Crawford County business.

Hide Video State Police chased a car through parts of two counties before making a drunk driving arrest Saturday.

Posted on Thursday, December 03, 2009 at 1:23 p.m. We have been reporting on them for months, those shiny commuter rail cars that showed up one day on tracks near US 31 in Grawn and stayed.

It's the season for heading out to the Christmas tree lots and picking out that special tree.A But owners of a market in Grand Traverse County say people aren't just picking out trees, they're taking them illegally.A The owners fear the theft is only going to get worse.A A A Possible relief for education funding crisis By Melissa Smith Yesterday at ...

Cedar Stuff is located at 4910 Pennsylvania Crossing in Lewiston, in the Grayling State Forest area north of Grayling off I-75. They make handcrafted cedar log furniture.

I recently ran into some interesting info online, and was wondering what the Blackfive readers had experienced.

The three tree stands I have set out near home in Grayling are in places where I've killed deer in the past.

Good luck finally touched the Garland Resort when it found an enthusiastic buyer this summer.

GRAYLING -- For reasons tough to fathom, the baby muskellunge that hatched at the state's Wolf Lake fish hatchery this spring wouldn't eat artificial food.

Federal forest officials are again eyeing a plan for a natural gas well that environmental groups halted with a lawsuit.