Port Austin News

A 59-year-old Essexville man charged with indecent exposure after he was caught skinny dipping at a park in the state's Thumb area has been found guilty.

One of the biggest misconceptions about Italy is it's all about spaghetti and pizza.

When Paul Smihal noticed the garbage already taken away before 7 a.m. on its pickup day, he dismissed it as zealous collectors wanting to wrap up their shift early so they could "go fishing or something." But he soon learned a Canada Customs investigator trespassed under darkness on Windsor's west end and stole the trash bags, he testified Tuesday ...

Detroit River: Perch anglers continue to find fish around Sugar Island and Rat Island.

Cooler temperatures along with rain last week pushed salmon into some of the rivers, especially on the west side of the state where the runs are typically a week or two ahead of the east side, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says.

DTE Energy line-clearance crews will be working in Thumb communities in September and October to maintain service reliability by keeping trees and branches away from power lines.

A 21-year-old Port Huron man charged with killing his girlfriend last month will have his competency to stand trial tested before returning to court.

Investigators continue to look for evidence in a bundle of pipe bombs discovered along a Huron County highway.

Police converged on a bloodied murder suspect with a cut throat, sitting in his car at a Hume Township park in Huron County about 7 p.m. Saturday, Huron County Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson says.

A homicide suspect on the run has been captured in central Michigan. Huron County Sheriff's Department officials said they found the man Saturday night west of Port Austin.

Gulls shrieked overhead as Bob Hall lugged a pair of plastic 5-gallon gas cans down the dock to fill up his fishing boat, then hopped on a golf cart and headed to a gas station for another load.

Plans to build a Catholic school in Macomb Township have been revived. Officials for the Austin Catholic Academy are planning on building a smaller school than originally envisioned after the initial effort proved to be too ambitious.

A pair of weekend water rescues added to a mounting list of emergencies on Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay this summer.

A measure to provide more than $64 million for dredging and other navigational improvements in the Great Lakes, including several projects in the Saginaw Bay watershed, is working its way through Congress.

Walleye fishing in Saginaw Bay continues to be good, but has slowed considerably since the arrival of a cold front, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.

Waterfowl festival: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources' 12th annual Saginaw Bay Waterfowl Festival will be Aug.

Warner Price, whose Huron County beach has been sick for years, is featured in the summer edition of Michigan Coastal News, put out by the state Department of Environmental Quality's Coastal Management Program .

COUNTY: Huron HIGHWAY: M-25 CLOSEST CITY: Villages of Caseville and Port Austin STARTING DATE: Monday, July 13, 2009 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Late October 2009 PROJECT: The Michigan Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin two projects on M-25. The first, a $3.7 million resurfacing project, extends 16.5 miles on M-25 from the north ...

Making travel plans for the Fourth of July weekend doesn't sound as crazy as it did last year -- what were gas prices, $4 per gallon? That's good news because there's a big party in Port Austin.

Prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with a Bad Axe man accused of trying to gun down his father, Bad Axe dentist Mark W. Paganini.