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Man facing criminal sexual conduct charge after alleged assault on Mackinac Island (opens the original)
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A 30-year-old man is facing a criminal sexual conduct charge following an alleged sexual assault on Mackinac Island. The Mackinac Island Police Department says the victim was walking alone around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, September 16, near Main Street, east of Hoban Street. Police say that's when she was forced to the ground and assaulted. Police say the suspect then took off on foot Officers have identified and arrested, Carlos Adrian Fernandez de Lara Jaimez later that day, Wednesday. The suspect
Traverse City moves forward with homelessness task force, expects strategies by December (opens the original)
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GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Traverse City is moving forward with a task force aimed at addressing homelessness, with commissioners expecting an implementation timeline and more detailed strategies by December. At this point, the commission is waiting on that timeline from the task force and plans to get more detailed strategies by December. The Homelessness Task Force was first talked about in June in a joint meeting between Traverse City and Grand Traverse County commissioners.
Michigan man locates pilot ejected from crashed F-16 fighter jet (opens the original)
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GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — An F-16 pilot survived after ejecting from his jet before it crashed and burst into flames Thursday in northern Michigan, prompting evacuations near the crash site. The fighter jet went down around 1:52 p.m. near the intersection of M-633 and Jeffrey Road in Green Lake Township, outside Traverse City, according to Grand Traverse County Sheriff Mike Shea. Edward Wilson, who lives nearby, said he watched the aircraft flying unusually low before it went do
Traverse City man helps pilot ejected from F16 military jet (opens the original)
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UpNorthLive has reaction from a man who witnessed the crash, Sheriff Mike Shea with Grand Traverse County, and a man who helped the pilot once he was ejected from the F-16 jet. “I immediately ran out the front door of my house, and I seen the fighter was like this, with his nose up, and it was going, and it was extremely low, and I knew that it was going down. I mean there was no doubt about that," said Edward Wilson. Wilson watched the crash unfold Thursday afternoon, as residents nearby would
WATCH: UpNorthLive sits down with Pam Tillis to remember lifelong friend Dolly Parton (opens the original)
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Singer-songwriter Pam Tillis is remembering her lifelong friend Dolly Parton and the impact the country music legend had on the people around her. Tillis joined UpNorthLive's Melissa Smith in the studio Tuesday for a conversation about Parton's life and legacy. Tillis said she grew up listening to Parton and will remember her not only as a country music icon, but for the way she treated others — making people feel seen, loved and cherished without judgment. The two also discussed Parton's humani
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