Alger County News

An official says a wildfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has burned at least 1,500 acres of a wildlife refuge.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it's giving grants to seven Upper Peninsula conservation groups for projects to improve deer habitat.

An eight-year-old girl is hospitalized after being attacked by a pit bull in Munising Township.A According to the Alger County Sheriff's Office, the incident happenedA at 4:20 p.m. Friday on Carmody Road.

The four men accused in a Munising Township armed home invasion were back in courtA on MondayA for yet another hearing.

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