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Gov. Rick Snyder visits with DNR conservation officers and Michigan National Guardsmen after an aerial survey of damage from the UP wildfires.

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The Red Cross South Central Michigan chapter, which covers Jackson and Hillsdale County, deployed two volunteers to assist with the Upper Peninsula wildfires on Friday.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today offered this morning update on the Duck Lake Fire in the Upper Peninsula's Luce County.

The Michigan DNR reports 55% of the fire is now contained. A lightning strike started the fire last week in Luce County, north of Newberry, Michigan.

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Nearly 300 proficient spellers have gathered at a convention center outside Washington to take part in the preliminary rounds of the National Spelling Bee.

NEWBERRY, Mich. -- Fire crews are working to contain a wildfire burning across more than 30 square miles of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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A wildfire burns in the Upper Peninsula near Newberry. Officials said it was started by lightning.

Nevaeh Buchanan was kidnapped and killed three years ago. She disappeared from her apartment complex in May of 2009.

Rain is lending a hand to crew members who are battling a wildfire that has consumed 31.6 square miles of forest in the eastern port of Michigan's sparsely populated Upper Peninsula.

Tens of thousands of fans are arriving at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for what could be the hottest Indianapolis 500 on record.

The Syrian government is blaming a massacre in central Syria on "armed terrorist groups," but activists say government shelling and thugs loyal to President Bashar Assad's regime are to blame.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today offered this update on the Duck Lake Fire in the Upper Peninsula's Luce County.

It's a place where a lot of people go to try their luck hoping to cash in. It's not a casino, but Internet cafes.

Some high school students took time to honor veterans at a local cemetery this Memorial Day weekend.

Some high school students took time to honor veterans at a local cemetery this Memorial Day weekend.

This photo provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources shows a wildfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Residents near a privately owned New Mexico ghost town have been ordered to evacuate as a blaze in the Gila National Forest continued to burn erratically.