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Boater thrown from boat abandons craft near Caseville to swim to shore
Alcohol appears to have a role to play in an odd incident Huron County Sheriff Deputies responded to this past Saturday night. Deputies were summoned to the 9000 block of Sand Point in Caseville Township around 9:45 p.m. on July 6, after residents witnessed a small boat going around in circles about two miles offshore, with no operator seen. Working under the assumption the operator had probably been thrown off the craft, officers began searching with their patrol boat. They were later joined by a Coast Guard Boat from Tawas, but around 2:30 a.m. on July 7, the search was called off due to poor visibility.
Huron County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Abandoned Boat, Operator Found OK
Authorities in Huron County say a Lansing man is OK after he was thrown from his boat and swam to shore late Saturday night. According to Sheriff Kelly Hanson, deputies responded to Sand Point in Caseville Township around 9:45 p.m. after residents reported a small boat going around in circles with no visible occupants. The sheriff’s office and coast guard searched the area, but had to stop for the night due to low visibility. Early Sunday morning, the sheriff’s office found the boat out of gas about 1 and a half miles south of Caseville.
ET approves Harbor Park Redesign project
EAST TAWAS – The first phase of the Harbor Park Redesign project, as laid out by East Tawas Parks Manager Eric Braun and Parks Board Chairman Mark Elliott – during the July 1 meeting of the East Tawas City Council – is to remove the commercial building previously known as the “Bait Shop.”
Oscoda Rotary, Lions wrap 11th rendition of July 4 Community Picnic
OSCODA – Two community-focused organizations in Oscoda Township come together each year, to host the Fourth of July Community Picnic at the Oscoda Beach Park. The event started 11 years ago, when Mary Reitler of the Oscoda Rotary Club contacted the Lions Club with an idea of joining resources to offer a community picnic on America’s Independence Day.
Hideouts of the Purple Gang: Lupton, Michigan
What was it about the little Ogemaw County village of Lupton that the Purple Gang loved so much?. Legends say the gang had two hideouts in Lupton: the Graceland Ballroom, used in the 1920s as a speakeasy during Prohibition and a place for the gang to stay when the law in Detroit was getting too close. The Graceland burned down in 1981...accident or purposefully?
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These news headlines brought to you by these fine sponsors:. On Saturday at 9:44 p.m., Huron County deputies responded to reports of a small boat going in circles without a driver in the 9000 block of Sand Point in Caseville Township. A patrol boat set out to seach and was later joined by a Coast Guard vessle from Tawas. The search was called off at 2:30 a.m. due to low visability before it resumed at 5:45 a.m.
Coast Guard, sheriff search for Lansing man in Lake Huron
The Huron County Sheriff's Department and the Coast Guard were tied up for hours from Saturday night to Sunday morning in a search and rescue effort for a man who was thrown from his boat miles away from shore in Lake Huron.
Lansing man thrown from boat offshore from Caseville on Saturday
HURON COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - A Lansing man was thrown from his boat on Saturday off the coast of Caseville after he hit a wave. According to the Huron County Sheriff's Office, just before 10 p.m., deputies responded to the 9000 block of Sand Point in Caseville Township for a small boat that residents say was going around in circles, about two miles offshore.
Sheriff: Man leaves unoccupied boat to drive in circles after it ejects him
CASEVILLE TWP., Mich. (WNEM) – The Huron County Sheriff said a 45-year-old Lansing man neglected to report that he abandoned his boat that was driving in circles after it ejected him and he swam to shore. On Saturday, July 6, at about 9:44 p.m., Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson...
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